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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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02LONDON8320UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]
2002-11-25 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
03COLOMBO1706 Peace process update: Tigers set to meet in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest peace process news, Tiger officials are set to meet in Dublin to discuss the group's response to the GSL's north/east administration proposal. The Tigers also recently held a high-level meeting with the Norwegian-led ceasefire monitoring mission to discuss ways to [...]
2003-10-01 10:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ASEC CE NO EI LTTE
03COLOMBO1781 Tiger delegation wraps up meeting in Ireland
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tamil Tigers have wrapped up their meeting at the Glencree Center for Reconciliation located south of Dublin. The Glencree meeting appears to have helped the group further polish its response to the GSL's north/east interim administration proposal. The Tiger delegation is n [...]
2003-10-14 11:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE NO EI LTTE
03THEHAGUE2610EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD: DUBLIN AND THE
[...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Dublin and USEU Brussels. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In a trip designed to build relationships on sustainable development with the January-June 2004 EU Troika (Ireland, The Netherlands, and the European Commission),and to explore specif [...]
2003-10-10 14:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EFIN PREL EI NL EUN
04BRUSSELS2211BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-25 11:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS87OUTLOOK FOR THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY: KEEPING
[...] (U) As our engagement with the Irish Presidency picks up momentum with next week's Task Force and Political Directors' meetings in Dublin, it is important to keep in mind the political and institutional changes that will buffet the EU during the next several months. The Irish have a fuller pl [...]
2004-01-09 10:53:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR EFIN ETRD EAID EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DUBLIN1101NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...]
2004-07-26 07:22:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP
04DUBLIN1471URGENT ACTION: WITNESSES, EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR OCT
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 5 & 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Ireland has set the new trial date of Mary Kelly for Wednesday, October 20th, 2004. The court requires Commander William Snyder, Lieutenant Commander Kurt [...]
2004-10-01 13:42:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKJUS MARR MOPS EI
04DUBLIN1566(C) NORTHERN IRELAND: UK AND IRISH TO HOLD TALKS
[...] (C) The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirms that proximity talks with the DUP and Sinn Fein will begin Friday October 15 in London. Senior officials from the two governments will shuttle between Sinn Fein and DUP representatives. The Irish government wants to keep this out of the [...]
2004-10-14 16:20:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPINR PTER PGOV PREL EI UK NIPP
04DUBLIN1686PEACE PROCESS: IRELAND/UK TO SET NOVEMBER 24
[...] (C) On November 14, Michael Collins, advisor to PM Ahern, told Amb Kenny that Ireland and the UK had just agreed a timetable for the Northern Ireland peace process. On Wednesday, November 17, the governments will present papers to the parties (the Irish will present to Sinn Fein and the Bri [...]
2004-11-15 07:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EI NIPP
04DUBLIN1749MARY KELLY GETS A SUSPENDED SENTENCE
[...] Mary Kelly, who was convicted on October 28 of causing $1.5 million of damage to a US military aircraft, was given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Carroll Moran at Limerick Circuit Court. Kelly was spared a custodial sentence and given four years probation on the condition that she co [...]
2004-12-03 16:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR EI
04DUBLIN1815IRELAND: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part I. I. Summary The Republic of Ireland is not a transshipment point for narcotics to the United States, nor is it a hub for international drug trafficking. [...]
2004-12-20 13:06:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EI
04DUBLIN1827NORTHERN IRELAND: REISS CONSULTS WITH IRISH ON
[...] (C) The President's Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Mitchell B. Reiss, traveled to Dublin on December 16 to discuss next steps in the peace process with Irish officials. Brendan Scannell, DFA Director of the Anglo-Irish Division, expressed views similar to those heard in London (reftel). [...]
2004-12-21 16:42:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EI NIPP
04DUBLIN347TRIAL OF USMIL PLANE ATTACKERS: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 7. 2. ( C ) Embassy Dublin has received a request from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to release to the defense the text of a diplomatic note in the case of "DPP v. Clancy (and others)." This case refers to the Irish Government,s [...]
2004-03-08 11:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EI
04DUBLIN837URGENT REQUEST FOR USG WITNESSES FOR JUNE 16 TRIAL
[...] This is an urgent action request. See para 5. 2. Embassy received diplomatic note from Irish Department of Foreign Affairs on June 1, relaying a request from the Irish police (Garda Siochana) for USG witnesses to testify at the June 16 re-trial of Irish citizen Mary Kelly, charged with [...]
2004-06-02 12:34:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KJUS EI
04MONTREAL766Implementation of Capetown Convention
[...] Summary: ICAO Preparatory Commission selects Ireland as host country for new International Registry for financing interests in aircraft. 2. The Capetown Diplomatic Conference established a Preparatory Commission of 20 states, including the U.S., to set up the new international registry, i [...]
2004-06-01 16:30:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD CA EI SN ICAO UNIDROIT
05ATHENS2635SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS ACF A/S DR. WADE HORN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the October 8-12 visit of Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, HHS to Greece. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to reiterate our strong commitment to [...]
2005-10-06 14:42:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHUM TBIO EI GR HRIGHTS
05BOGOTA7727COLOMBIA WANTS IRISH THREE BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian Foreign Ministry officials say they are in the process of requesting that Ireland extradite three Irish citizens convicted of aiding Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. GOC officials have stressed that, although Ireland does not have an [...]
2005-08-16 19:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER PREL EI CO UN FARC
05BOGOTA8454FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS
[...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...]
2005-09-08 17:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI
05BRATISLAVA32SCHEDULE FOR WHITE HOUSE SITE SURVEY TEAM'S TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-08 23:12:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT LO PREL EI RS GM
05DUBLIN1006COLOMBIA THREE: IRISH AND COLOMBIAN POLICE IN
[...] (C) The Irish police (Garda) have sent a formal message to the Colombian police through Interpol regarding the Colombia Three (ref A),Emboff was told by Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Ken O'Leary following an August 12 meeting attended by DOJ, the Department of Foreign [...]
2005-08-12 16:32:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI
05DUBLIN1022COLOMBIA THREE TURN THEMSELVES IN
[...] (C) Summary: On August 18, the Colombia Three voluntarily presented themselves to the Irish police. The Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) believes that the Garda will release the men and turn to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision on charges. The DOJ has also asked for Embass [...]
2005-08-18 15:40:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI CO
05DUBLIN1050FOREIGN MINISTER AHERN DISCUSSES NORTHERN IRELAND,
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 25 meeting with SFRC Chairman Lugar and the Ambassador, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said that continued U.S. support for the Northern Ireland peace process, including through the International Fund for Ireland (IFI),would help to foster reconciliation betwee [...]
2005-08-26 14:00:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1068IRISH FM UNAWARE OF EXTRADITION DIFFICULTIES
[...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and poloff called on Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern August 30 to further advance bilateral judicial cooperation. These issues were discussed during Senator Lugar's visit (reftel) and that of a DOJ team (septel). FM Ahern had asked for more information. 2. (C) FM [...]
2005-08-30 16:32:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1088IRELAND: SECOND APPEAL TO EU TO ASSIST HAITI IN MEETING FIRST-HALF FY06 FINANCING GAP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 12:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EUN EFIN EI
05DUBLIN1306IRELAND SUPPORTS EU'S BOLIVIA STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-24 13:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BL EI
05DUBLIN1307TERRORIST FINANCIER APPEALS AN ORDER FREEZING HIS
[...] (U) On October 24, the Irish Times (newspaper of record) reported that Bin Muhammad Ayadi Chafiq will make an appeal on October 25 to the European Court of Justice for the release of his bank accounts. According to the report, Ayadi Chafiq, a Bosnian national born in Tunis, is named on a Eur [...]
2005-10-24 13:54:00Embassy DublinSECRETPTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR EI
05DUBLIN1311IRISH OFFER CASH FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) ON OCTOBER 21, POL/ECON CHIEF DISCUSSED IRISH AID TO PAKISTAN WITH COLM O'FLOINN, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) SECURITY POLICY DIRECTOR, AND DAVID LEAHY, FIRST SECRETARY. THEY SAID THAT IRELAND AT THIS TIME WAS PROVIDING SIPDIS CASH, NOT DONATIONS IN KIND. THEY THUS HAVE NO CURR [...]
2005-10-24 15:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALAEMR NATO EAID ASEC MASS PGOV EI
05DUBLIN1321IRELAND SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN BELARUS
[...] (C) On October 25, emboff delivered reftel talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling and Eastern Europe and Russia desk officer Conleth Brady. Dowling said that Ireland generally agrees with and supports the USG policy tow [...]
2005-10-26 10:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV EUN BO EI USAID
05DUBLIN1322IRISH SEE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN WTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, high-ranking GOI officials told the Ambassador that Ireland could not afford to be more flexible in EU discussions on the WTO agricultural negotiations, given domestic political sensitivities with the farm community. The officials noted prior EU commitments not [...]
2005-10-26 11:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTO ECON EAGR EI
05DUBLIN1325THE VISIT OF HHS A/S WADE HORN: IRISH FAMILY
[...] Summary: During an October 12-15 visit to Dublin, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Family and Children, Dr. Wade Horn, had exchanges with Irish officials, NGOs, and journalists on the place of family life in U.S. and Irish social policies. A/S Horn highlighted Bus [...]
2005-10-26 13:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP SOCI ECON EI
05DUBLIN1330FIANNA FAIL, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, BUT
[...] Summary: Fianna Fail held its annual conference (Ard Fheis) in Killarney, October 21-22, where party leaders focused on rallying the rank-and-file ahead of the general elections, expected in May 2007. The party has lost ground in recent months, and this was their opportunity to regain it [...]
2005-10-27 12:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PBTS EI
05DUBLIN1334IRELAND STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On October 26, Post delivered ref A demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, who was an SIPDIS Irish delegate at the October 19-20 NSG Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna. Healy noted that the Irish Gove [...]
2005-10-27 15:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN EI
05DUBLIN1350SCENE-SETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY ALEX M. AZAR
[...] Embassy Dublin warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Ireland. Senior Irish policy-makers, academic leaders, and industry standouts look forward to substantive exchanges with you on health sector issues. The Embassy is planning a reception in your honor that will bring together officials an [...]
2005-11-02 17:29:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP OTRA TBIO SOCI KSCA PREL EUN EI
05DUBLIN1359IRELAND CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN PLEDGES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 15:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PK PREL EI
05DUBLIN1360PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA,
[...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Kelly noted the EU's challenge in playing tough with Syria without derailing EuroMed diplomacy and the Barcelona Anniversary Summit. He said that Ireland was n [...]
2005-11-04 15:40:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN
05DUBLIN1365IRELAND LUKEWARM ON SWISS UNSC PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-07 15:42:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KSEP EI UNGA
05DUBLIN1367CORRESPONDENCE TO SECRETARY - UNESCO CULTURAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-07 16:20:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETRD PREL SCUL EI UNESCO
05DUBLIN1372TRIAL OF SHANNON WAR PROTESTERS COLLAPSES FOR
[...] The jury hearing the case of the "Fab 5" was discharged November 7 after legal argument over whether a perception of bias could be made against the judge. Earlier in the trial, the judge had ruled that "legal excuse" would not be acceptable as a defense. He thereby eliminated the defense's be [...]
2005-11-08 16:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS EI
05DUBLIN1383GOI EXPECTS NEW EU INTERNET GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 17:22:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EI
05DUBLIN1385UN ASKS IRISH TO TRAIN PALESTINIAN POLICE; IRISH
[...] (C) In a pull-aside discussion November 10, DoJ Secretary General Sean Aylward told the ambassador that the UN has approached the GOI about sending Irish police to train Palestinian police. Aylward asked for U.S. views. The ambassador encouraged him to consider seriously the proposal. We w [...]
2005-11-10 17:33:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS PARM IS CO EI
05DUBLIN1387COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALEX YATES AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Alex Yates and Bernard Rogan to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 2 to 6, 2005. Purpose of visit is to assist in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. Embassy control officer [...]
2005-11-14 09:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAINF PGOV PINR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1392IRELAND SHARES USG VOTING PRIORITIES IN UN THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 16:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC PREL EI
05DUBLIN1398FAB FIVE TRIAL RESET; SEVERAL PARLIAMENTARIANS
[...] (U) On November 11, Judge Desmond Hogan reset the trial of five anti-Iraq war protestors accused of damaging a U.S. plane at Shannon Airport (the so-called "Fab Five") for July 5, 2006, at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Hogan stepped in for Judge Donagh McDonagh, who recused himself from [...]
2005-11-15 17:49:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EI
05DUBLIN1408IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 13:12:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI
05DUBLIN1409ADDITIONAL IRISH AID TO OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA
[...] On November 16, emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. Stanley confirmed previous Irish SIPDIS contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) Mission in Bogota as the following: --euro 130,000 core-f [...]
2005-11-18 14:01:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PTER OAS CO EI
05DUBLIN1410IRELAND PLANNING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 14:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PHUM SENV EI
05DUBLIN1411IRELAND UNABLE TO ATTEND ROEG HAMBURG MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 15:00:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDGM KNNP PARM PREL EI MUNC
05DUBLIN1416PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND NEARING EU
[...] (C) Summary: On November 17, Post delivered ref A demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent, who underscored that Irish talking points had not changed substantively from Post's November 3 demarche (ref B). Kelly noted that defense-related discussions would f [...]
2005-11-18 17:26:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALETRD IZ KPAL PREL SY UP YI EI EUN
05DUBLIN1417IRELAND EXPECTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 17:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EI IMO
05DUBLIN1418IRISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER INFLEXIBLE ON EU DOHA
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan reiterated GOI inflexibility on the EU agricultural proposal for the Doha negotiations. She remarked that Irish farmers would not allow further concessions on agriculture, as they faced an uneven p [...]
2005-11-21 08:35:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD EI WTO
05DUBLIN1426TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 09:43:00Embassy DublinSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP EI
05DUBLIN143PEACE PROCESS: GOI SHAKEN BY SECOND IRA STATEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Kenny met February 4 with Michael Collins, second Secretary General to PM Ahern, and Ahern's senior advisor on Northern Ireland. The ambassador indicated that the USG is inclined not to invite Northern Ireland political parties to the March 17 White House event. Collins sai [...]
2005-02-04 16:06:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PTER PINR EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN1434IRELAND INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
[...] On November 21, Emboffs reviewed reftel with Brian Mullen, Principal Officer for Community Health in the Department of Health and Children and also the GOI point-of-contact on avian flu issues. The following information, drawn principally from our discussion with Mullen, is keyed to reftel's [...]
2005-11-23 13:57:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL EI
05DUBLIN1439SUNNIS AND SHIAS ATTEND INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING
[...] (U) Summary. On November 22, the Ambassador hosted the Embassy's second annual interfaith Thanksgiving reception, in large part to promote Post's Muslim outreach program. The event was especially successful in bringing together key Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders, including among the Iraqi com [...]
2005-11-25 14:49:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KPAO KIRF EI
05DUBLIN1441COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH DR. KATRINA
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Program Director, National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 5 to 9, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to speak at an Amyortophic Lateral Sclerosis Symposium. [...]
2005-11-28 10:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA UK EI
05DUBLIN1442IRELAND UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 16:50:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BO EI
05DUBLIN1450COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO - NIH/FIC DR. SEGAL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Segal, Senior Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 7 to 10, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to conduct a site review at Trinity College for the Science Foundation Ireland. [...]
2005-11-30 08:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1453IRELAND SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER RUSSIAN DRAFT LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 14:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS EI
05DUBLIN1462COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DRS. CAI AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Huaibin Cai, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, HIH; and, Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HIH to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 6 to 11, 2005. Purpose of the visit [...]
2005-12-02 10:05:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1481COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MERIKANGAS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 3 to 12, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to attend and give a presentation at the 16th International Symposium on AL [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1482COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULINE LOGAN
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Pauline Logan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Galway, Ireland, from December 16 to 31, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA US EI DA
05DUBLIN1483COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DRAGANA BRZAKOVIC
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation official, Dragana Brzakovic, Senior Staff Associate in the Office of Integrative Activities to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 11 to 19, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to serve as a chairman to the Alimentary P [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI
05DUBLIN1484COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL -
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Kathie R. Dorick to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 15 to 16, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance on World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Work Program [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1488U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES, BOEING, AND CBP PRE-CLEARANCE:
[...] (C) Summary: Discussion of the proposed U.S.-EU air services agreement in the December 5 EU Transport Council meeting was "extraordinarily positive," Transport Minister Martin Cullen told the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting. He expressed confidence that the U.S. Department of Transportati [...]
2005-12-07 15:48:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD ECON EI
05DUBLIN1492FRAUD SUMMARY - DUBLIN
[...] Country Conditions: Ireland is a modern, highly industrialized nation with a growing economy and moderate rate of inflation. The export trade continues as the driving force behind the countries prosperity and this in turn has led to a rise in consumer spending, a thriving construction indust [...]
2005-12-08 16:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UK EI
05DUBLIN1493IRELAND: PREVENTING AL-MANAR BROADCASTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 16:08:00Embassy DublinSECRETPTER ASEC PREL ANET EI
05DUBLIN1494TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 16:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC EI
05DUBLIN1497IRELAND: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part I. POC for this report is Tom Rosenberger (RosenbergerTM@state.gov). 2. I. Summary The Republic of Ireland is not a transshipment point for narcotics to [...]
2005-12-09 15:03:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EI
05DUBLIN1500NO IRISH RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS
[...] Per reftel's request for comments on the International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) 2005, Post recorded no substantive reaction from the Irish government or public on the October 6 release of the IRF. 2. Post found the IRF drafting instructions clear and manageable and was pleased with [...]
2005-12-09 16:35:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL EI
05DUBLIN1501PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRISH SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On December 5, Post delivered ref A talking points to Siobhan Coyne, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy European Correspondent. Coyne noted that Ireland would strongly support an increased EU presence in Kosovo as part of the final status outcome, and she concurred with U [...]
2005-12-12 08:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EI YI BK IZ AF EUN
05DUBLIN1505GRANTS AND TAXES: THE RECENT IRISH FOCUS ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government is determined to maintain its approach to grants and taxes for foreign firms, despite recent press coverage of U.S. companies that highlighted problems with these investment incentives. The coverage focused on three areas: EU obstruction of Irish grant aid t [...]
2005-12-12 11:49:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON EI
05DUBLIN1509COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL - JOSE
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Jose E. Gueits to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 27 to 28, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance eon World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Program. 2 [...]
2005-12-09 17:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1512COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GEORGE H. WALKER
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador George H. Walker and Mrs. Carol Walker to travel to Cork and Adare, Ireland from December 22 through December 27, 2005. Purpose of visit is personal travel. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office [...]
2005-12-13 11:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA APER EI HU
05DUBLIN1515TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 15:44:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR EI
05DUBLIN1516SHANNON: IRELAND ASKS USG OPINION ON SEARCHING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On December 7, DCM met with Rory Montgomery, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Director to follow up on the December 1 meeting between Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern and Secretary Rice in Wa [...]
2005-12-13 16:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PROV KDEM KPAO IZ EI
05DUBLIN1517BIG HELP FOR WORKING FAMILIES: IRELAND'S 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Finance Minister Brian Cowen unveiled the 2006 Government budget, a televised event that annually serves as Ireland's financial state-of-the-union address and a window on the governing Fianna Fail party's political strategy. With a robust economy and a euro four [...]
2005-12-13 16:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL EI
05DUBLIN1520COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA DOREEN VAZQUEZ
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Doreen Vazquez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Waterford, Ireland, from January 13 to 20, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform Regulatory Inspection at Bausch & Lomb Ireland, Ltd. 2. Per reftel, post und [...]
2005-12-14 10:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1524IRELAND: NO BANCO DELTA ASIA ILLICIT FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:40:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN EI
05DUBLIN1525IRELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report, but there are positive developments that might merit its inclusion this year. A remarkable change from 2004 is the September 26 decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Another notable change i [...]
2005-12-15 11:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EI
05DUBLIN1527COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EPA OFFICIAL JIM
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official, Jim Willis, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 21 to 25, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Europe meeting. 2 [...]
2005-12-15 16:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA EI
05DUBLIN1528IRELAND UNLIKELY TO MEET KYOTO TARGET BUT
[...] Summary: Ireland is unlikely to meet its Kyoto Protocol emission-reduction target, according to a GOI official and the European Environment Agency (EEA) but continues to pursue international and domestic policies in an attempt to narrow the gap to their targets. Recent figures show that Irel [...]
2005-12-16 09:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EI EPA
05DUBLIN1536COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...]
2005-12-20 08:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1537COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...]
2005-12-20 09:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1541COUNTRY CLEARANCE G/TIP'S JENNIFER S. DONNELLY
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Schrock Donnely, Reports Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 18 to 20, 2005. Purpose of visit is to seek to learn from NGOs, IOM and government officials the sc [...]
2005-12-20 15:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL EI
05DUBLIN1547IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS U.S. ASSURANCES ON
[...] Summary: On December 14, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern was asked a number of questions in the Irish Parliament in relation to the alleged transfer of prisoners, by the U.S., through Shannon airport. He repeated the Irish Government's position that they are satisfied with assurances given by t [...]
2005-12-22 09:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EI
05DUBLIN1550GOI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALLS FOR INSPECTION
[...] The Irish Human Rights Commission, which is an independent agency of the Irish government created under the Good Friday Agreement, submitted a report to the GOI December 23 calling on the government "as a matter of urgency to seek the agreement of the U.S. authorities to the inspection of air [...]
2005-12-23 14:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS PHUM EI
05DUBLIN1556COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA EMPLOYEE GARY
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee, Gary A. Wagoner to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from January 10 to 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform validation flight for a Part 135 Operator to conduct flights in North Atlantic airspace. [...]
2005-12-28 13:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1557Country Clearance CODEL KOLBE
[...] Embassy Dublin warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL KOLBE and seeks clarification on the point of arrival in Ireland. Reftel states arrival will be January 12 at 0100 in Shannon. Post has learned through DOD channels that arrival will be at Casement (also known as Baldonal),the [...]
2005-12-28 15:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI
05DUBLIN1558IRISH UNDECIDED ON PLEDGE FOR AFGHANISTAN COMPACT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-28 17:20:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV AF EI
05DUBLIN1564TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-30 10:41:00Embassy DublinSECRETKTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI
05DUBLIN1567ADDENDUM TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND REPORT
[...] (C) Per ref A's request for continued information on organized crime elements in Ireland, Post offers the following updates from police sources who were available for comment after the drafting of ref B: 2. (C) Irish police report Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and West African involvement i [...]
2005-12-30 13:13:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER EI
05DUBLIN210 POLICE ARREST SINN FEIN MEMBERS IN MONEY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sinn Fein is facing its biggest political crisis since the beginning of the peace process after two party activists, including a former elected representative, were arrested in a swoop by Irish police on suspects in an apparent money laundering scheme. Seven people were arreste [...]
2005-02-18 14:01:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL EI NIPP
05DUBLIN49PEACE PROCESS: GOI DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMITTED TO
[...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador met with Michael Collins, senior advisor to the prime minister, and separately with members of parliament. Anger and discouragement are rampant following the assertion that the PIRA is likely behind the December 20 robbery of Belfast's Northern Bank [...]
2005-01-14 17:30:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EI UK PTER NIPP
05DUBLIN657NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND
[...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...]
2005-06-01 08:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN677(C) SINN FEIN CLAIMS IRA RESPONSE IMMINENT
[...] (C) Rita O'Hare requested an appointment with Pol Chief today on an urgent basis. O'Hare said the IRA response to Gerry Adams' April call on them to pursue their goals through solely political means is coming very soon, perhaps within two weeks. According to O'Hare, the IRA leadership is 100 [...]
2005-06-03 14:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS EI NIPP
05DUBLIN680VISA DENIAL OF SINN FEIN MEMBER RITA O'HARE
[...] (S) In May, the USG reversed past practice and denied a visa to Rita O'Hare, who serves as Sinn Fein's U.S. representative. As is well-known, Rita O'Hare, like most of the Sinn Fein leadership, was a member of the IRA and she is wanted in the UK for an attempted murder in 1971. The USG has [...]
2005-06-03 17:22:00Embassy DublinSECRETPINR PREL PTER UK EI NIPP
05DUBLIN934IRA STATEMENT EXPECTED AFTERNOON OF JULY 28
[...] (C) Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein's North America representative, told POL/ECON chief to expect an IRA statement on Thursday, July 28. (The statement is in response to Sinn Fein's call on the IRA last spring to pursue its objectives solely through peaceful and democratic means.) O'Hare believes that [...]
2005-07-27 15:15:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUBLIN936UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...]
2005-07-27 16:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP
05DUBLIN942IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND
[...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...]
2005-07-29 07:26:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUBLIN983AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COLOMBIA THREE WITH GOI
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government had no prior knowledge that the Colombia Three were in Ireland, nor had it discussed the case with Sinn Fein in recent Northern Ireland peace process-related exchanges, GOI officials told the Ambassador on August 8. The officials noted that the case presente [...]
2005-08-08 16:43:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PTER PGOV EI
05DUBLIN99URGENT ACTION: WITNESSES REQUEST FOR MARCH 7 TRIAL
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Ireland has set March 7, 2005 as the new trial date for O'Reilly, Moran and Others charged with criminally damaging US Military Aircraft at Shannon Airport, in Janua [...]
2005-01-27 10:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS MARR MOPS EI
05MADRID2375COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK PETERS, DIRECTOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR MARK PETERS, DIRECTOR OF THE MISSOULA USEAC IN MISSOULA, MT TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON JULY 5 TO 7, 2005. MR. PETERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A TRADE MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONGRESSMAN REHGERG. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 02479 WE UNDERSTAND THAT [...]
2005-06-20 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP OTRA BMGT ABUD AFIN EI SP
05NEWDELHI2633TERRORIST FINANCE: HIYARI AND BUISIR
[...] (C) On April 7, Poloff delivered talking points and supporting non-papers from Reftels to MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall, who thanked us for sharing the information. Understanding that the prenotification of the Hiyari and Buisir designations should be held tightly until after the public a [...]
2005-04-07 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN JO EI SA
06COLOMBO1913BLAIR SPECIAL ENVOY SEES SOME PARALLELS BETWEEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a luncheon discussion with Co-Chair Ambassadors and the Acting Indian High Commissioner on November 14 Prime Minister Tony Blair's Special Envoy Paul Murphy exchanged views on how the Northern Ireland peace process might be relevant for the Sri Lankan context. Murphy was th [...]
2006-11-14 13:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV CE EI
06DUBLIN1COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA THOMAS FRISHE
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee, Thomas T. Frishe, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from January 12 to 13, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance on World Airways in accordance with National [...]
2006-01-04 08:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
06DUBLIN1020EMERGING CONSTRAINTS ON U.S. MILITARY TRANSITS AT
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Although supportive of continued U.S. military transits at Shannon Airport, the Irish Government has informally begun to place constraints on U.S. operations at the facility, mainly in response to public sensitivities ov [...]
2006-09-05 14:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAIR PTER EI
06DUBLIN1044IRELAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (U) On September 7, Ireland's first female Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste),Mary Harney, unexpectedly resigned as leader of the Progressive Democrats (PD) party, the center-right, minor partner in the governing coalition led by the Fianna Fail party. Harney had been PD leader for nearly 13 [...]
2006-09-08 13:30:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN1046GOI APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON USG DETAINEE POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 17:06:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER EI
06DUBLIN1068JUSTICE MINISTER APPOINTED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) On September 13, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern appointed as Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) the new leader of the Progressive Democrats (PD) party and current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell. (In Ireland, the leader of the minority party in a coa [...]
2006-09-14 15:49:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN1078GOI OPEN TO INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON SHANNON MILAIR
[...] (C) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) As a follow-up to Post's September August 30 meeting with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding emerging constraints on U.S. milair transits at Shannon Airport (reftel),DATT, pol/econ chief, and poloff met with Irish Departme [...]
2006-09-15 11:48:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAIR PTER EI
06DUBLIN1111IRELAND AND THE UN HRC: DARFUR IS THE HIGHEST
[...] (C) The Irish Government largely agrees with USG views on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),but sees Darfur as the highest priority for the HRC's second session, according to Eamon MacAodha, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for Human Rights, to whom Pol/Econ Section Chief deliv [...]
2006-09-27 15:08:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN EI
06DUBLIN1118IRELAND BASKS IN RYDER CUP AFTERGLOW
[...] Ireland is basking this week in the success of the September 22-24 Ryder Cup golf tournament held outside Dublin, an event that brought unprecedented international exposure to the country as a tourist destination and economic success. According to Failte Ireland, the state tourism agency, th [...]
2006-09-29 11:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SOCI EI
06DUBLIN1122UP AND AWAY WITH AER LINGUS FLOTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The privatization of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline, is all but complete, with the Government expected to reduce its share in the carrier from 85 percent to 25 percent following the October 2 stock market flotation. Informal trading has already pushed Aer Lingus shares [...]
2006-09-29 15:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EI
06DUBLIN1137IRISH PRIME MINISTER DEFUSES POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 3, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern defused a weeklong political crisis by admitting to parliament that his acceptance of payments from business friends in 1993-4 had been an error in judgment. Ahern's statement preserved his Fianna Fail party's governing coalition [...]
2006-10-04 15:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN1140IRELAND SEEKS USG ASSURANCES ON AIRLINE PASSENGER
[...] (SBU) Ireland would appreciate written USG assurance that airline passenger data to be provided this week to U.S. authorities by Aer Lingus would be treated under the guidelines of the lapsed 2004 U.S.-EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement, Robin McKay, Irish Department of Transport Princi [...]
2006-10-05 11:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ECPS PINR EI
06DUBLIN1145IRELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Ireland would be prepared to support U.S. actions in the UN Security Council in response to North Korea's October 3 statement on plans to test a nuclear weapon, according to Isolde Moylan and Nicholas Twist, respectively, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director of East Asian Affa [...]
2006-10-06 13:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP EI
06DUBLIN1156IRISH RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] Charge met with Michael Collins, International Affairs Advisor to the Taoiseach (Prime Minister),on October 10 to present demarche on North Korea's announced nuclear weapons test (reftel). 2. Collins expressed Ireland's concern, noting that the Government of Ireland has a long history of [...]
2006-10-10 15:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL PARM EI
06DUBLIN118COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SEAN CREIGHTON
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Creighton, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from February 24 to March 3, 2006 and to Galway, Ireland, from March 3 to 10, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to inspected medical device manufacturer [...]
2006-02-03 09:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA GM EI
06DUBLIN1189HOLDING PATTERN FOR RYANAIR TAKEOVER BID OF AER
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Ryanair's takeover bid for Aer Lingus has slowed over the past week, Irish attention has focused on the approach that EU Commission competition authorities will take toward the envisioned merger. Ryanair now holds a 19-percent stake in Aer Lingus, with the Government retaini [...]
2006-10-16 09:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ECON EI
06DUBLIN119COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees Daniel Smiley, Michael J. Sammartion and Robert F. Everson to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from April 17 to 24, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the NAM/EUR ATFM Task Force Conference. 2. P [...]
2006-02-03 09:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR EI
06DUBLIN120COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Senior Aviation Security Inspectors Gregory Kurver and Kevin Paul Cahill to travel to Dublin and Shannon, Ireland, from March 06 to 17, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform airport and air carrier [...]
2006-02-03 09:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA EI
06DUBLIN121COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. HARFORD
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joe Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin and Galway, Ireland, from February 28 to March 5, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the Irish Association for Cancer Research Co [...]
2006-02-03 09:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA MO EI
06DUBLIN122COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA MARIBETH
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Maribeth Grattan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from March 3 to 10, 2006 and to Tullamore, Ireland, from March 10 to 17, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to Dublin is to conduct and inspection of H [...]
2006-02-03 09:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY TBIO OTRA FR EI
06DUBLIN128COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA ARTHUR
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Arthur Williams, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Cork, Ireland, from February 25 to March 3, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing P [...]
2006-02-06 09:06:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
06DUBLIN1284THE AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 discussion, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern did a tour d'horizon of key bilateral issues. Ahern: -- urged bilateral cooperation to avoid "surprises" regarding U.S. military use of Shannon Airport; -- noted that the Irish Cabinet had charged [...]
2006-11-03 12:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PREF EI
06DUBLIN132COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MARTINO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Martino, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel to Dublin and Cork, Ireland, from February 28 to March 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to conduct site visits of Trinity College Medical School, in Dubli [...]
2006-02-07 14:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
06DUBLIN1326IRELAND TO WRITE OFF NEARLY ALL IRAQI DEBT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 08:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON IZ EI
06DUBLIN134IRELAND TACITLY FAVORS VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Ireland supports U.S. candidate Bill Voss' bid for the post of ICAO Secretary General, according to Robin McKay, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Regulation and International Relations, to whom Post delivered ref A demarche on February 2. Ongoing discussions among [...]
2006-02-07 17:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR ICAO AU BE NL SZ IR EI
06DUBLIN1342TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 11:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER EI
06DUBLIN1359AER LINGUS CEO PRESSES FOR BILATERAL OPEN SKIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 21 discussion with the Ambassador, Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion recommended bilateral talks to establish U.S.-Ireland Open Skies, with a view to providing Aer Lingus additional access to the U.S. market. Mannion said that he and the Irish Government doubted that [...]
2006-11-24 15:50:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL EI
06DUBLIN136IRISH RESPONSE TO POLIO DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 11:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO WHO EI
06DUBLIN1378IRELAND SHARES EU CONCERNS ON WHO SECRETARIAT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 16:11:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR WTRO EI
06DUBLIN1379IRELAND PUZZLED BY FRENCH COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 17:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EIND EI
06DUBLIN1389IRELAND SEES UNCERTAINTY IN U.S.-EU NEXT STEPS ON
[...] Ireland saw the U.S. Department of Transportation's December 5 decision to withdraw its proposal on foreign investment in U.S. carriers as a step that lent clarity to U.S.-EU air transport negotiations, according to Fintan Towey, Acting Principal Officer for Aviation Regulations and Internati [...]
2006-12-06 15:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PREL EI
06DUBLIN1393TERRORIST LISTS: IRELAND
[...] (SBU) Ireland does not maintain a nationalist list of banned terrorist entities. Under the 1939 Offenses Against the State Act, the Irish Government is empowered to issue a "suppression order" against unlawful organizations. (The legislation can be found at www.irishstatutebook.ie. Click o [...]
2006-12-08 15:03:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER PREL EI
06DUBLIN1396NEXT STEPS ON TFTP: IRELAND TAKES HARD LINE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland's Data Protection Commission and Department of Finance have taken a hard line in support of the Article 29 Report criticizing financial data transfers under the SWIFT program. Both the Commission and the Department support U.S.-EU cooperation on tracking terrorism financ [...]
2006-12-08 18:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN1397GENEROUS 2007 GOI BUDGET HAS 2007 ELECTIONS IN MIND
[...] On December 6, Finance Minister Brian Cowen presented the Irish Government's budget for 2007, a generous package of tax cuts and social spending increases that will likely enhance the appeal of the governing Fianna Fail party ahead of Ireland's 2007 general elections. The budget included ben [...]
2006-12-08 19:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN1403TRANSPORT MINISTER WANTS CLARITY ON U.S.-EU CIVAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 11 discussion with Transport Minister Martin Cullen, the Ambassador highlighted the USG's continuing commitment to conclude the U.S.-EU air transport agreement, while noting that the USG was not prepared to pursue bilateral Open Skies options with Ireland. Cullen [...]
2006-12-12 17:33:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL EI
06DUBLIN1415TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 16:15:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR EI
06DUBLIN1416IRELAND TO CONSIDER EXPANDED ISAF CONTRIBUTION
[...] (C) Ireland, a NATO Partnership for Peace member, is committed to maintaining its presence in ISAF (now four officers and three non-commissioned officers in Kabul),but would have to consider contributing additional personnel in the context of constraints on Ireland's current and planned peac [...]
2006-12-15 16:18:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO PINS AG EI
06DUBLIN149GOI THOUGHTS ON PEACE PROCESS AND SAINT PATRICK'S
[...] (C) Begin Summary. On January 30, the Taoiseach, the ministers of foreign affairs and justice, and other senior Irish officials told Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss that the GOI would like to see the Northern Ireland institutions restored in 2006 on the basis of the Good Friday Agreement. The f [...]
2006-02-10 11:26:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR EI NIPP
06DUBLIN156IRELAND STILL IN STEP WITH THE UNITED STATES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 15:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC EI
06DUBLIN16COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARTER DIGGS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Carter Diggs, Technical Advisor to the USAID Malaria Vaccine Development Program, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 11 to 15, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to participate in a Donor Coordination Meeting hosted by Development Cooperation [...]
2006-01-10 14:42:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA EI
06DUBLIN162IRELAND: UNESCO CONVENTION NOT ON LEGISLATIVE
[...] Ref A requested an assessment of the level of activity in Ireland regarding the ratification of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. According to Department of Foreig [...]
2006-02-14 15:16:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL UNESCO EI
06DUBLIN198COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Judith Fradkin, M.D., Director, Polly Sager, Ph.D., Assistant Director and Philip Budashewitz,R.Ph. to travel to Dublin, Ireland for the dates noted in Reftel. Purpose of visit is to meet with Irish and Northern Ireland counterparts to discuss [...]
2006-02-24 11:31:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI UK
06DUBLIN201IRISH TO JOIN EU STATEMENT ON SHRINE BOMBING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 14:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER EI
06DUBLIN202GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND WILL NOT OPPOSE EUROPEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 14:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN206IRELAND/UN: VENEZUELA, THE PEACEBUILDING
[...] (C) Like the United States, Ireland believes that Venezuela would bring neither strength nor diplomatic credentials to the 2007-2008 Latin America non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, according to John Deady and Brian Cahalane, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counselor and First [...]
2006-02-28 09:14:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC GT VE EI
06DUBLIN207CIRA/RIRA TERRORISTS: BOMBS FOR HIRE?
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last year, Dublin criminal and drug gangs upgraded from guns to pipe bombs in their quest for turf supremacy. The police suspect that drug barons are now hiring the skills of the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) and Real IRA (RIRA) explosives experts to target an [...]
2006-02-28 13:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR CJUS KPAO KCRM EI
06DUBLIN213COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NSF DR. MARK SUSKIN
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Suskin, Head, NSF Europe Office, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from March 5 to 7, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the Science Foundation of Ireland Physics Panel Meeting. 2. Per reftel, post understands that no assistance is [...]
2006-02-28 16:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL TNGD TPHY OTRA KSCA EI
06DUBLIN216IRELAND: TO DEFER TO EU PRESIDENCY FOR VENEZUELAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 08:19:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEU PGOV PHUM PREL VE EI
06DUBLIN226IRELAND: LOVE ULSTER RALLY PROVOKES DUBLIN RIOTS
[...] Summary. On February 25, Dublin witnessed rioting on a scale not seen in the city in over 30 years. No deaths or serious injuries were reported, however. The riots effectively canceled a planned march organized by Northern Ireland Unionist groups to lobby against what they perceive as gove [...]
2006-03-02 15:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR EI NIPP
06DUBLIN23COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to the following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees: Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from January 24 to 25, 2006. Purpose of the visit is [...]
2006-01-11 16:41:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
06DUBLIN249IRELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON ODIHR'S BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 17:23:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALOSCE PHUM PREL BE EI
06DUBLIN25COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NSF DR. CAROLINE
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Official, Dr. Caroline Wardle, Senior Science Advisor to travel to Cork, Ireland, from January 18 to 22, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend an advisory board meeting of the Cork Constraint Computation Centre [...]
2006-01-12 10:29:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI
06DUBLIN252IRISH IRAQIS "KEEPING THE FAITH" FOR IRAQI SUCCESS
[...] Summary. On March 7, the Ambassador hosted a dinner for Irish Iraqi Shia Muslims and select members of the Irish government and press to assist the Shia community in developing a voice to counter the continued Irish anti-war rhetoric. The Imam of the Shia community, Dr. Ali Al Saleh told th [...]
2006-03-10 13:59:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR KPAO EI
06DUBLIN255CHARGES AGAINST SHANNON PROTESTORS DROPPED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 16:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PTER EI
06DUBLIN256IRELAND SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 16:59:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS EI
06DUBLIN258IRELAND: DELAYS IN SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 17:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL EI
06DUBLIN26COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EPA JAMES ALWOOD
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official, James Alwood, Director, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPT) to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 23 to 24, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to make a presentation and participate in a panel discussion at [...]
2006-01-12 10:29:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA EI
06DUBLIN262IRELAND - 2006 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant trafficking development in Ireland in 2005 was an increase in government attention to the problem. The government formed a working group between the Department of Justice and the police and wrote legislation bringing Ireland into conformity with UN and EU [...]
2006-03-13 15:33:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
06DUBLIN266COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV RALPH
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs personnel: Ralph Henry Castain to travel to Cork, Ireland, from April 1 to 8, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to present talks on resilient computing [...]
2006-03-14 09:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDENGR TRGY KSCA OTRA KNNP EI
06DUBLIN274TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 14:16:00Embassy DublinSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC EI
06DUBLIN275BELARUS: IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-EU COORDINATION,
[...] (SBU) Ireland agrees strongly with U.S. points on the continuing importance of U.S.-EU coordination in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the March 19 presidential election in Belarus, according to Ruadhri Dowling, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Russia and Eastern Europe [...]
2006-03-15 14:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EI
06DUBLIN28COUNTRY CLEARANCE DEE O'HAIR
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) officer, Dee O'Hair, Senior Attorney, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 16 to 20, 2006. Purpose of visit is to conduct voluntary testimonies related to SEC investigation. 2. Embassy control [...]
2006-01-12 11:44:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN EI
06DUBLIN29COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO USCBP OFFICIALS ROSS AND SAVA
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Naoman Ross, Program Manager and Jennifer Sava, Director, Preclearance OPS to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 17 to 20, 2006. Purpose of visit is meet with Post officials, air carriers and Dublin Airport Authority regarding facility [...]
2006-01-12 11:45:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EI
06DUBLIN292IRELAND AWAITING INFORMATION ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 18:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL IN EI
06DUBLIN293IRELAND UNLIKELY TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON SYRIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 10:25:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SY EI
06DUBLIN30COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO USCBP OFFICIALS MCKEVITT AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen McKevitt, Acting Director, Field Programs, OFO and Dominique V. Boisseau, Program Manager, OFO Field and Resource Management, Field Programs to travel to Dublin and Shannon, Ireland, from January 17 to 26, 2006. Purpose of visit is to c [...]
2006-01-12 11:46:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EI
06DUBLIN306IRISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 17:44:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ PREL EI
06DUBLIN310IRISH RESPONSE TO WAR CRIMES CHAMBER DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 11:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN312GOVERNMENTS WILL RECALL NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) On March 23, Michael Collins, the Taoiseach's senior foreign affairs advisor, briefed Ambassador Kenny on next steps in the peace process, and thanked the President for a productive Saint Patrick's Day. He said that the Taoiseach and PM Blair plan to issue a joint statement April 6 in Arm [...]
2006-03-27 11:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EI UK
06DUBLIN313IRELAND CONSIDERING REDEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPERS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. On March 23, the DCM met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady regarding GOI plans for the potential redistribution of its peacekeeping forces by the end o [...]
2006-03-28 07:01:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR KPKO PGOV PREL EI SU XY
06DUBLIN314IRELAND SUPPORTS VISA BAN ON LUKASHENKA
[...] (C) Ireland supports an extended visa/travel ban on Lukashenka and other officials associated with the fraudulent March 19 Belarusian elections, in line with discussions at the March 24 EU leaders meeting, according to Conleth Brady, acting Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Desk Officer for [...]
2006-03-28 11:19:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EI
06DUBLIN33COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USSS EMPLOYEES
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Secret Service employees, Jonathan Heslep and William Gage to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 14 to 18, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to meet with Garda Law Enforcement and Embassy Officials. 2. Per reftel, post understands that [...]
2006-01-12 14:00:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EI
06DUBLIN332COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Comptroller General David Walker and Donald Drach to travel to Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland from April 10 through April 14, 2006. Purpose of visit is to attend the annual meeting of Auditor's General Global Working Group. 2. Embassy Contro [...]
2006-03-30 10:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAGAO OTRA EI
06DUBLIN334IRELAND OKAY WITH COMMISSION ODA COORDINATION
[...] Summary: In a wide-ranging March 23 discussion prompted by reftels A and B, officials at Irish Aid (formerly Development Cooperation Ireland): -- noted that Ireland contributed euro 59 million in 2005 to the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, raising Irish overseas development assistance [...]
2006-03-30 14:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN MCC KPAO EI
06DUBLIN335IRELAND SHARES USG CONCERNS ON MICROSOFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 14:57:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EUN EI
06DUBLIN338IRELAND ESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 16:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC EI
06DUBLIN34COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO OES/OMC DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to OES/OMC Deputy Director Stetson Tinkham to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 17 to 18, 2006. Purpose of visit is to discuss Atlantic salmon issues with Post and local officials. 2. Embassy control officer for this visit is Econ Officer [...]
2006-01-12 14:02:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS OTRA XT EI
06DUBLIN342TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 16:50:00Embassy DublinSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI
06DUBLIN349IRELAND: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP
[...] On March 22, emboff approached Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Brian Cahalane regarding the Independent Inquiry SIPDIS Committee's (IIC) investigation of three Irish companies implicated in the UN's Oil-for-Food (OFF) program scanda [...]
2006-04-03 13:41:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KFIN PGOV IZ EI
06DUBLIN356IRELAND STICKS TO "SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP" ON
[...] Summary: Biannual negotiations on a new national wage agreement are underway among labor, employers and the Government, the so-called "Social Partnership" process that has underpinned Ireland's past economic success, but which some commentators increasingly view as anachronistic. The agr [...]
2006-04-04 16:19:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EI
06DUBLIN36COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOJ MARY TROLAND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Troland to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 16 to 17, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to meet with Embassy officials on an extradition matter. 2. Per reftel, post understands that no assistance is required. Embassy telephone numbe [...]
2006-01-13 13:40:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA UK EI
06DUBLIN361GOI APPROVES STOCK FLOAT FOR AER LINGUS, BUT DOES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5, the Irish Government Cabinet followed through on an earlier decision to privatize Aer Lingus, the national airline, by approving a stock flotation, but left key questions unanswered, such as when the transaction would take place. The level of union support for the [...]
2006-04-06 16:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL EI
06DUBLIN371IRELAND QUESTIONS NEED FOR NAME CHANGE OF
[...] (C) On April 4, Post delivered reftel demarche to Teresa Cody, Department of Health and Children Assistant Principal Officer for Primary Health Care (Post's primary POC on AI),who responded on April 7 that Ireland would attend an EU Friends of the Presidency meeting in Brussels on April 11 t [...]
2006-04-07 15:05:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKFLU PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN372IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 16:52:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS
06DUBLIN374GAERC: IRELAND STILL AVERSE TO BELARUS SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Post delivered reftels' demarche points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Kelly noted Ireland's support for the April 10 GAERC's likely approval of an expanded visa ban against Belarusian officials culpable in the fraudulent March 19 [...]
2006-04-07 17:15:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER OPRC EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI
06DUBLIN383IRELAND REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR QUARTET AND ENDORSES
[...] (C) On April 7th, reftel points were delivered by emboff to Department of Foreign Affairs Gulf and North Africa Section Deputy Regional Director Paul Gunning. Gunning reaffirmed that the Government of Ireland's (GOI) is not engaged with any communication with Hamas and will continue to suppo [...]
2006-04-11 13:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL IS FR EI
06DUBLIN391IRELAND MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Ireland supports the unconditional renewal of the EU's common position on Burma, said James McIntyre, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director of the Asia and Oceania Political Division, to whom Emboff delivered reftel points on April 12. Additionally, he informed Emboff that [...]
2006-04-12 17:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL BM EAID EU PHUM PREF EI
06DUBLIN400IRELAND SHARES U.S VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Ireland will not support countries seeking membership to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) that have been sanctioned by the UN Security Council for human rights violations, said Eamonn MacAodha, Director of the Human Rights Unit at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to whom Emboff d [...]
2006-04-13 17:44:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR OPDC PHUM UNGA EI
06DUBLIN401IRELAND PLANNING A REDUCTION OF THE QRF IN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 12th, POL/ECON Chief and DATT met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady and Deputy Director Brian Cahalane and separately with Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and Desk Officer Louise Hartigan regarding t [...]
2006-04-13 18:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR NATO UN LI EI SW
06DUBLIN42IRISH-IRAQI RESIDENT RETURNS TO DUBLIN AFTER IRAQ
[...] (C) On December 24, the leader of the opposition in Ireland called the Ambassador seeking information about the detention in Baghdad of Ahmed Abbas Naji Khursheed, the brother of Irish citizen Dr. Nizar Naji Khursheed (an MD practicing in respiratory care in Ireland). Emboff met with the now [...]
2006-01-13 18:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO IZ EI
06DUBLIN420POST NOMINATION FOR USEU COUNTERTERRORISM/JHA CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 17:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEUN KCRM PREL PTER CVIS EI KJUS
06DUBLIN43COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SANTIAGO RICH III
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to OBO/OM/FAC Maintenance Support Branch Chief Santiago Rich III to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 28 to February 01, 2006. Purpose of visit is to consult with post management and the FM regarding the establishment and integration of [...]
2006-01-17 08:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT ASEC EI
06DUBLIN455POST NOMINATION FOR USEU COUNTERTERRORISM/JHA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 15:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEUN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EI
06DUBLIN467IRELAND AND THE SWEDISH EXAMPLE: SUSPICIONS ON
[...] (C) Post read reftel with interest, having confronted similar sensitivity from the Irish Government over a criminal deportation flight in late 2005 that was originally scheduled to transit Ireland. At the time, we quietly informed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the charter flight [...]
2006-04-27 16:42:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW EI
06DUBLIN469NO IRISH MOVEMENT ON SUA PROTOCOLS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 10:49:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EI
06DUBLIN473NO IRISH SUPPORT FOR IRAN ON HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 18:54:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL EI
06DUBLIN48COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USAID/DCHA/OFDA BART
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Disaster Operations Specialist Bart Deemer to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 20 to 22, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to monitor emergency relief initiatives of USAID implementing partner goal. 2. Per reftel, post under [...]
2006-01-18 11:06:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EI
06DUBLIN487IRELAND TO SEND DFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 17:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON PREL NL EU EI
06DUBLIN493AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR BOEING AND CBP WITH AER
[...] Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion, the Ambassador advocated Boeing aircraft for the carrier's long-haul needs and sought Mannion's help in pushing the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to upgrade U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations in Ireland. Mannion [...]
2006-05-04 15:16:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD EI
06DUBLIN500IRELAND SUPPORTS LTTE DESIGNATION, BUT DOUBTFUL ON
[...] (C) On May 4 emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Deputy Director James McIntyre and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Maurice Biggar. McIntyre said that Ireland shares SIPDIS USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Sr [...]
2006-05-05 11:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL CE EI
06DUBLIN501TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF JUD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 14:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI
06DUBLIN519IRELAND AWAITING EU DISCUSSION ON SMALLPOX
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 17:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO WHO EI
06DUBLIN529IRISH HESITANT BUT OPEN TO TERRORIST SCREENING
[...] (C) On May 11, emboff met to discuss reftel matters with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Department of Justice Head of Division Michael Walsh. Bassett and Walsh initially met with hesitation emboff's proposal to establish a Framework [...]
2006-05-12 11:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL EUN EI
06DUBLIN531IRISH RESIDENT IS JEM OFFICIAL
[...] (C) On May 11, emboff delivered reftel points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Sub-Saharan Africa Section Director Pauline Conway. Conway said that the GOI through an EU statement has called on the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to reach a peace agreement with the GOS. She expresse [...]
2006-05-12 16:01:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU PINR EI
06DUBLIN533IRELAND WORKING ON PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR PANDEMIC
[...] On May 8, Post delivered ref A demarche to Teresa Cody, Department of Health and Children Principal Officer for Public Health, who is Post's primary GOI contact on avian influenza (AI). Cody noted that she would reconnect with Post regarding any GOI questions on ref A materials. She also fo [...]
2006-05-12 18:45:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KPAO SENV EI
06DUBLIN54IRELAND SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC
[...] (C) Ireland fully supports the EU-3's intention to request that the IAEA Board of Governors report Iran's nuclear safeguard violations to the UNSC, said Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, to whom Post delivered reftel demar [...]
2006-01-19 13:41:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC EI
06DUBLIN555PUBLIC DEBATE ON RENDITION AND SHANNON CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A May 9 seminar on rendition and torture hosted by Amnesty International Irish Section and the Irish Centre for Human Rights focused on the USG's use of Shannon Airport and the CIA's alleged practice of leasing civilian planes to circumvent authorities. Debate at the seminar hi [...]
2006-05-18 17:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EUN EAIR KTIA EI MARR MOPS
06DUBLIN559OPTIMISM ON U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES: DOT U/S SHANE'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 17 meeting with Transport Minister Martin Cullen and the Ambassador, U.S. Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy Jeffrey Shane expressed optimism about concluding the U.S.-EU air services agreement this autumn. He believed that the U.S. Administration's efforts t [...]
2006-05-19 12:30:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAIR EINV EI
06DUBLIN562AFGHANIS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN IRISH CHURCH
[...] Summary. According to official sources and press reports, 41 Afghani asylum seekers began a hunger/thirst strike in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest perceived pending deportations. Since the strike began on May 12, eight of the all male group have been admitted to a hosp [...]
2006-05-19 17:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI
06DUBLIN564IRISH ROLE IN AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN (AMIS)
[...] (C) On May 18, emboff delivered ref A points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Sub-Saharan Africa Section First Secretary Anne Byrne. Byrne said that the GOI supports the Darfur Peace Agreement and the African Union's push for a transition to a UN peacekeeping force. She added that Irel [...]
2006-05-19 19:56:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI EAID SU EI
06DUBLIN565EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT TO
[...] During the May 17-18 European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) in Dublin, delegates voted unanimously to transform the organization into an "International Transport Forum." The new organization would be more global in scope and less Eurocentric. (The ECMT currently has 43 member [...]
2006-05-22 11:45:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL EI
06DUBLIN566IRELAND IN LINE WITH EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 11:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SY EI
06DUBLIN578IRELAND WELCOMES THE NEWLY FORMED GOVERNMENT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 17:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ EI
06DUBLIN582AFGHANI HUNGER STRIKE IN IRELAND ENDS WITHOUT
[...] (U) On May 20, a seven-day hunger/thirst strike instigated by 41 Afghani asylum seekers ended peacefully and without major incident. Per reftel, this group of men sought refuge in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in a bid to strengthen their asylum cases. (None actually faced immed [...]
2006-05-24 12:02:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI
06DUBLIN60INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - IRELAND
[...] Over the past twenty years, the Irish Government has actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has underpinned unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in the mid-1980s [...]
2006-01-20 13:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN USTR ECON KTDB OPIC EI
06DUBLIN609IRELAND SUPPORTS A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 10:21:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG EI
06DUBLIN620IRELAND WILL SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF THE MANAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 15:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKG MARR MOPS PREL AF EI
06DUBLIN621DVD PIRACY: AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS PROBLEM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite strong domestic IPR legislation, DVD piracy is on the rise in Ireland, a problem that judicial leniency in IPR court cases has made difficult to combat. The counterfeit DVD market is now reportedly 1.5 times the size of the legitimate market, with counterfeiters earning [...]
2006-05-31 16:29:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR ECON ETRD KCRM EI
06DUBLIN623PRIME MINISTER AHERN TAKES “HARD LINE” ON DEADLINE
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government would not agree to extend the November 24 deadline for the Northern Assembly to form an Executive, due to the likely distractions of the mid-2007 Irish general elections, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern told Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss [...]
2006-05-31 16:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EI
06DUBLIN6462006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] Below is Post's submission pursuant to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, requested ref A. There have been updates to last year's submission,given developments in the case before the Irish High Court (ref B). 2. The United State Government is aware of one (1) claim of [...]
2006-06-07 13:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV PGOV EFIN EI
06DUBLIN66 BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS IN IRELAND - STATUS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:40:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PGOV PREL KFRD EI
06DUBLIN664IRELAND CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN
[...] On May 31 emboff delivered reftel dipnote and talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Section Director Eamonn MacAodha. MacAodha confirmed Ireland's participation at the September 7 New York meeting of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Politica [...]
2006-06-09 13:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC EI
06DUBLIN668GAERC: IRELAND HOPES FOR POSITIVE OUTCOME TO
[...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent. Kelly stated that Montenegro will highlight the discussions on the Balkans and that he believes the EU will welcome the Montenegrin Parliament's expected declaration of independe [...]
2006-06-09 18:29:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PHUM PTER EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI
06DUBLIN676IRELAND SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION 1673
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 13:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MNUC KPAO PTER WMD CT XX EI
06DUBLIN677IRELAND TO ATTEND PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 13:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP PARM US PL XX EI
06DUBLIN680FORMER PRIME MINISTER HAUGHEY DIES
[...] On June 13 the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs informed Post of the death the same day of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles J. Haughey and invited the Ambassador to attend his State Funeral Mass to be held at 12 noon on June 16 in Dublin. We do not expect that invitations for dele [...]
2006-06-14 12:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR EI
06DUBLIN684IRISH NGOS PLEASED WITH TIP REPORT
[...] This is an action request: see paragraph 11. 2. SUMMARY: On June 9, the Ambassador held a roundtable discussion with NGO representatives in regards to the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The representatives were very pleased with the report overall, citing its worldwide [...]
2006-06-15 13:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN689IRELAND TO SIGN "RED CRYSTAL" PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 11:01:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ICRC PREF PREL EI
06DUBLIN69COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NI
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss and Special Assistant Genevieve Libonati to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 29 to 31, 2006. Purpose of visit is to meet with GOI and party officials to advance the Northern Ireland Pe [...]
2006-01-23 11:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EI
06DUBLIN690IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN NTIA PUBLIC MEETING
[...] On June 15, emboff delivered reftel points to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Telecommunications Advisor Aidan Ryan. Ryan said that the GOI plans to send a representative to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) public meeting on [...]
2006-06-16 11:03:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC EI
06DUBLIN706BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND NAMED NEW UK
[...] (SBU) The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced on June 9 the appointment of UK Ambassador to Ireland Stewart Eldon to succeed Sir Peter Ricketts as the UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council. Eldon will leave to take up his new appointment in late August 2006. [...]
2006-06-19 13:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALNATO NAC PINR PREL EI
06DUBLIN718GOI CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELAN NGOS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 09:56:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV VE EI EAID
06DUBLIN719IRELAND MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR RED CRYSTAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 15:44:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ICRC PREF PREL EI
06DUBLIN729IRISH SHARE USG PRIORITIES FOR NEW HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 15:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EI
06DUBLIN731UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PRESENTED AWARD IN
[...] (U) On June 16, Uzbek national Ahmadjan (aka Akhmadian) Madumarov was named as the recipient of the second annual Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for his work as an activist in Uzbekistan. According to the Irish NGO Front Line, Mr. Madumarov, of the Independent Human Right [...]
2006-06-22 16:08:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UZ ZK PINS EI
06DUBLIN736IRELAND CONSIDERING SUPPORTING U.S. DRAFT MANDATE
[...] On June 12, emboff delivered reftel points regarding the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FCMT) to Department of Foreign Affairs Disarmament & Non-Proliferation Director Adrian McDaid and Desk Officer Michael Keaveney. Post followed up on June 23 with Keaveney, who said that while Ireland was [...]
2006-06-26 08:35:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG EI
06DUBLIN774IRELAND HIDES BEHIND EU SMOKE SCREEN ON DOHA TALKS
[...] Summary: Regarding ref A points on the Doha negotiations, Irish Government officials maintain that key WTO partners, particularly the United States, have not offered enough to reciprocate EU concessions. Irish trade officials believe that EU movement on agricultural market access is possible [...]
2006-06-30 14:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDWTRO ETRD ECON EI
06DUBLIN778IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE THEIR CASE IN IRELAND
[...] (U) In a June 18-24 trip sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and organized with embassy assistance, a group of Iraqi parliamentarians visited Ireland to learn from the Irish experience of reconciliation and to plead for more Irish assistance. During this visit the group [...]
2006-06-30 15:49:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ EI
06DUBLIN779IRELAND AGREES WITH UN REFORM DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 15:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA EI
06DUBLIN795JUNE 11 SHANNON AIRPORT INCIDENT REPORT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 16:11:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN799IRELAND SUPPORTS STRONG U.S. STANCE ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) On July 6, emboffs delivered reftel points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Deputy Director James McIntyre. McIntyre relayed the GOI's serious concerns about North Korea's missile tests, consistent with strong EU statements on the matter. He also noted that Irish c [...]
2006-07-10 07:09:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP EI
06DUBLIN801U.S.-IRELAND R&D PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED
[...] On July 5, the Ambassador hosted at his residence the public launch of the U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership, an initiative to foster collaboration among researchers in the United States, Ireland, and Northern Ireland in the target areas of diabetes, cystic fibrosis, avian flu/emerging respiratory [...]
2006-07-10 07:15:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL SOCI EI
06DUBLIN838IRELAND WALKS EU PARTY LINE ON CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 16:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDCU PHUM PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN849IRELAND NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI INTERIM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 09:22:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN865IRELAND: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR 61ST UN GENERAL
[...] In response to a request from emboff, on July 24 Irish Department of Foreign Affairs UN Section Third Secretary Janice McGann delivered a provisional attendance list for the 61st UN General Assembly. No interpretation is required for any GOI attendees. Post will relay travel plans, spousal a [...]
2006-07-24 13:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EI
06DUBLIN881IRELAND AGREES WITH U.S. AGENDA ON FMCT; MAINTAINS
[...] On July 25, emboff delivered ref A demarche on FMCT support to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section Third Secretary Michael Keaveney. Keaveney welcomed the U.S. plan to direct Western non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS) to lobby other NNWS members of the [...]
2006-07-27 14:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP UNGA CDG EI
06DUBLIN882IRELAND SUPPORTS P5+1 STRATEGY ON IRAN
[...] (C) On July 25, emboff delivered ref A points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs International Security Policy Section Third Secretary Michael Keaveney. Keaveney welcomed the dissemination of the incentive package details, as this will show the generosity of the P5 1 offer. The internati [...]
2006-07-27 14:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU APRC EI
06DUBLIN887PRIME MINISTER AHERN AND GOVERNOR BUSH DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and the Ambassador discussed the importance of education, R&D funding, and liberal commercial aviation policies in sustaining Ireland's and Florida's economic successes. Prime Minister Ahern cited Iris [...]
2006-07-28 13:25:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EIND PREL EI
06DUBLIN889IRELAND AGREES WITH U.S. MTCR PROPOSALS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 14:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA EI
06DUBLIN89CBP, DUBLIN AIRPORT AUTHORITY DISAGREE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) have reached an apparent impasse on whether CBP facility expansion or additional CBP staff would resolve congestion problems with CBP pre-inspection operations at Dublin and Shannon Airports. In a [...]
2006-01-26 14:03:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR DHS ECON APER AMGT EI
06DUBLIN891SHANNON FIVE FOUND NOT GUILTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, a jury found five anti-war protesters not guilty of criminally damaging a U.S. aircraft at Shannon Airport on February 3, 2003. In an unprecedented decision, Judge Miriam Reynolds allowed the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, to argue that they had a "lawful excu [...]
2006-07-29 05:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PTER KJUS IZ EI
06DUBLIN898POST NOMINATION FOR REGIONAL OMS TRAINING, OCTOBER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 13:15:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AOMS AFSI AMGT XG DA EI KPAO
06DUBLIN900TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 16:03:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER EI
06DUBLIN903IRELAND MAINTAINS CONCERNS ON BURMA BUT WILL NOT
[...] (C) On August 1, emboff delivered reftel points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Asia Section First Secretary James McIntyre. McIntyre said that the GOI would not ask the EU Presidency to withdraw or downgrade their invitation for Burma to attend the September Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) [...]
2006-08-02 12:41:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM FI BU EUN EI
06DUBLIN918IRELAND WELCOMES LEBANON UNSC RESOLUTION, WANTS
[...] (SBU) Ireland would welcome the passage of the draft UNSC resolution on Lebanon, according to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Middle East and North African Affairs, to whom emboffs delivered reftel demarche on August 8 (with Ireland observing a holiday o [...]
2006-08-09 11:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN IS EI
06DUBLIN925POST REQUEST TO DESIGNATE DAVID TIEDGE AS DHS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 13:05:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS EAIR EWWT PGOV PREL PINS PTER EI
06DUBLIN926IRELAND WELCOMES UNSC RESOLUTION 1701
[...] Ireland welcomes the adoption of UNSC Resolution 1701 as an opportunity to end hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Middle Eastern Affairs Stephen Dawson, to whom SIPDIS post delivered reftel demarche on August 12. Dawson r [...]
2006-08-12 12:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE EI
06DUBLIN93AER LINGUS CEO DEBUNKS REPORTS ON AIRBUS DECISION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with Charge and Emboffs, Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion said that recent media reports on the airline's alleged plans to purchase Airbus aircraft were inaccurate. Mannion noted that, while a decision had not been made, Aer Lingus regarded two Airbus A330 [...]
2006-01-27 07:22:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EI
06DUBLIN94IRELAND MOSTLY AGREES WITH USG ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland agrees with ref A demarche points on ensuring the prospective UN Human Rights Council's recourse to country-specific resolutions and on completing the UN management/mandate review, according to John Deady and Brian Cahalane, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director and [...]
2006-01-27 12:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UNAUS ADCO EI
06DUBLIN947IRELAND CONSIDERING TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Ireland is actively considering contributions to the expanded UNIFIL mission under UNSC Resolution 1701, according Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials. Before deciding on contributions, however, the Irish Govern [...]
2006-08-17 06:30:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE EI
06DUBLIN95COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NSF OFFICIAL DR.
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) official, Dr. Alexandra Isern, Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from February 7 to 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the 4th International Workshop o [...]
2006-01-27 13:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI
06DUBLIN968IRELAND UNABLE TO RESPOND ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 15:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR EI
06DUBLIN98PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND URGES CALM ON HAMAS,
[...] (C) Summary: On January 26, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European Correspondent, and Siobhan Coyne, DFA Deputy European Correspondent. The GOI, said Kelly, regards the Iranian regime's behavior as unacceptable and supports the EU-3's intent [...]
2006-01-27 15:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN EI
06HELSINKI1221FINLAND SAYS REBALANCE NEEDED TO LAUNCH U.S.-EU
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement to Petri Hakkarainen, North America Unit of the GOF Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Anne Torkkeli in the Transport Services Unit of the GOF Ministry of Transport and Communications. Both contacts expressed disappoi [...]
2006-12-11 14:25:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EUN KTIA EI FI
06KUWAIT3136KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER(6-8 AUG)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Miller to travel to post o/a 6-9 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made at the Radisson SAS [...]
2006-08-05 12:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BE EI IS IZ JO KU QA COUNTRY
06REYKJAVIK264 ICELAND SHARES U.S. OUTLOOK ON POST-CASTRO CUBA
[...] On July 19, post delivered reftel points to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister Counsellor Nikulas Hannigan. Hannigan said that although GOI has disagreed with U.S. economic sanctions, it does share common goals with the U.S. for a future democratic Cuba in a post-Castro environmen [...]
2006-07-20 09:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCU PHUM PREL PGOV EI
06WARSAW2514POLAND'S RESPONSE TO US-EU AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 6 to Sylwia Ciszewska, Director of the Air Transport Department and Malgorzata Alberti, Head of the International Agreements Division, both with the Civil Aviation Office (CAO). The CAO had learned about the U.S. announcement from the European [...]
2006-12-06 15:45:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR EI EUN KTIA PL
07ANKARA1092COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON/LOTT (MAY 25 -
[...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson/Lott. Chris Friefeld, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Istanbul and Izmir. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-212-335-9288; Home: 011-90-212-351-0511; Cellular: 011-90-532-601-7779. Chris Krafft, Pol [...]
2007-05-09 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU RU EI
07BERLIN1784(S) GERMAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXPORT OF WELDING
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs officer September 19. The nonpaper responds to ref B demarche informing German authorities that the German firm Trumpf GmbH & Co., working with Ireland's Mac Aviation Group, [...]
2007-09-20 15:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI
07DUBLIN171IRELAND - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland's awareness of and positive performance on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues increased significantly in 2006, while the overall estimated number of suspected trafficking victims remained small. Numerous public awareness campaigns, sponsored by the Government and NGOs [...]
2007-03-02 08:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP EI
07DUBLIN261IRISH BANKS ALERTED ON UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 14:57:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE EI
07DUBLIN286SCENE-SETTER FOR THE APRIL 19-20 VISIT OF EUR PDAS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dublin eagerly anticipates your visit and the opportunity to join your discussions with ranking Irish Government officials and others on the full range of bilateral and U.S.-EU issues. Your visit comes at an historic moment in U.S.-Irish relations, with the scheduled restoratio [...]
2007-04-13 16:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MOPPS MARR ECON SENV EI
07DUBLIN287DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 17:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR EI
07DUBLIN30IRELAND FOLLOWS IRAQ POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH AID
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 16:52:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ EI
07DUBLIN32IRELAND CONSIDERING APPROACH TO LEBANON CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 17:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID XT LE JA CA NO EI
07DUBLIN369IRELAND OPPOSES U.S. FINANCING REFORM PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (SBU) The Irish Government strongly opposes USG proposals for OECD financing reform, according to John Rowan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for EU Common Policies, JHA, and the OECD, to whom Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on May 10. Rowan explained that Ireland had [...]
2007-05-11 11:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OECD EUN EI
07DUBLIN374NO INDICATION OF BANK SEPAH OR BANK SEPAH
[...] (C) To date, there has been no indication that Irish banks or financial institutions have found assets belonging to Bank Sepah, Bank Sepah International, or other entities designated in the Annex to UNSCR 1747, according to Ray Farina, Chief of the Financial Sanctions Unit in the Irish Centra [...]
2007-05-11 16:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP IR PARM EI
07DUBLIN391AER LINGUS DECIDES AGAINST BOEING FOR NEW
[...] On May 16, Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion told the Ambassador that the carrier had effectively decided against Boeing for a planned purchase of 8-12 long-haul planes, which could have netted the U.S. manufacturer roughly USD one billion. Mannion noted that he had ended talks with Boeing on Ma [...]
2007-05-17 16:11:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ETRD PREL EI
07DUBLIN409IRELAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON OIE CHINA/TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 17:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR AORG TW CH EI
07DUBLIN512DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 16:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM EUN KN IR EI
07DUBLIN526IRELAND: NO INFORMATION ON MAHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 13:00:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC EUN KTFN PREL PTER EI
07DUBLIN529IRELAND TAKES EU TRANSPORT COUNCIL LINE ON
[...] (SBU) Ireland adheres to the June 8 EU Transport Council conclusions about including aviation in emissions trading and incorporating third-country carriers into a trading scheme, according to Ethna Brogan, Irish Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Security (and environmental [...]
2007-06-29 16:34:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD SENV ECON EI
07DUBLIN532IRELAND TO CONSIDER DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION
[...] (SBU) Ireland will discuss the possibility of contributing personnel to the UN/AU Hybrid Operation for Darfur at a July 19 inter-agency meeting involving the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and the Irish Police, according to Eamonn Mc [...]
2007-07-03 13:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU EI
07DUBLIN537IRELAND: IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON UNSCR 1737 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 15:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR KNNP PARM EI
07DUBLIN565IRISH SEE NEED FOR ACTION, BUT PREFER DIALOGUE
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref B demarche on July 19, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Corespondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly indicated that the Irish Government largely sees eye to eye with U.S. positions, with the exception that, in general, the Irish prefer to continue political di [...]
2007-07-20 09:11:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI EI
07DUBLIN60IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...]
2007-01-23 18:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
07DUBLIN69IRELAND HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT EU AVIATION
[...] (SBU) Ireland and several other EU Member States have reservations about the Commission's proposal for a directive to include international aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS),according to Dick Davis, Department of Transport Assistant Principal Officer for Air Navigation Serv [...]
2007-01-25 16:30:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SENV EUN EI
07DUBLIN70IRELAND DOES NOT OFFER EXPORT CREDIT SCHEMES TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 18:40:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR EI
07DUBLIN735CODEL LARSON'S VISIT TO IRELAND
[...] On September 17, CODEL Larson and Ambassador Foley met with Irish officials to discuss ways Ireland is addressing climate change and the secret to the success of the Celtic Tiger. Minister of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan briefed the CODEL on, among other things, Ire [...]
2007-09-20 11:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG EFIN EI
07DUBLIN737IRISH RESPONSE TO THE 2007 IRFR AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) POLOFFS delivered the 2007 International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) to John Kennedy, Principal Officer, Office of the Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach on September 18. Kennedy expressed concern regarding the focus on anti-Semitism in the 2007 IRFR. He said that many of [...]
2007-09-20 16:16:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM EI
07DUBLIN748SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER DERMOT AHERN'S
[...] (SBU) The twin political successes of restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly (May 8, 2007) and the re-election of the Fianna Fail party into power (May 24, 2007) will be the backdrop to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern's meeting with the Secretary on October 3. The Government of Ireland has [...]
2007-09-27 12:36:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV MOPPS MARR EI
07DUBLIN750IRISH MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND CD MEETING IN NY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 15:42:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV EI
07DUBLIN751IRELAND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 15:44:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALUNSC PTER LE EI
07DUBLIN756IRISH RESPONSE TO U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT
[...] Econoff spoke with Patrick Gaule, First Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, who said that the Irish government has no objections to the awarding of the grant. ICON Labs is a client of Enterprise Ireland, the government's state development agency. FOLEY [...]
2007-10-01 14:01:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY EI
07DUBLIN757IRISH WANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME
[...] (SBU) POLOFF presented reftel points on October 1, 2007 to Ms. Islolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan reported that Irish Ambassadors have been intensively demarching China, India, and ASEAN countries to encourage them to take action against [...]
2007-10-01 15:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EI
07DUBLIN759IRELAND ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING
[...] (SBU) On September 28, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Gavan O'Leary, Deputy Director, Human Rights Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs. O'Leary said that Ireland is supportive of any initiative to improve womens' rights and mentioned that in general, Ireland would be supportive of legisla [...]
2007-10-01 16:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EI KWMN PHUM SOCI UNGA
07DUBLIN766IRISH RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION
[...] (C) On October 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Gary O'Doherty in the Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations unit. O'Doherty said that he would pass on the information to the appropriate agencies within the government of Ireland and alert us immediately if they come across any i [...]
2007-10-04 14:49:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER EI
07DUBLIN777 IRISH PRIME MINISTER BEATS BACK VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During September, the Mahon Tribunal continued to investigate allegations that Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was given cash in return for favors in the early 1990s - grilling him during three days of hearings. Political opponents, scenting blood, introduced a vote of no co [...]
2007-10-10 13:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EI
07DUBLIN779IRISH RESPONSE -- DEMARCHE ON EU REGULATORY
[...] On October 9, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to Tom Teehan, Chief Inspector in the Irish Department of Agriculture, who said that he would inform other interested parties in the government of our position on this issue. He said that he was not in a position to discuss the outcome of the vot [...]
2007-10-10 15:11:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ETRD EUN ECON EI
07DUBLIN782IRELAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 12:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX EI
07DUBLIN796IRELAND AGREES WITH USG ON UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel to Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on October 16, 2007. Dowling responded that the Irish Government largely agrees with the US on Uzbekistan and that Ireland is taking a "princi [...]
2007-10-17 09:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEI PHUM PREL
07DUBLIN817EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO IRELAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs met with SIPDIS Irish government officials, members of the NGO community, and the AmCham to discuss the making of the Celtic Tiger, the economic path forward for Ireland, and assistan [...]
2007-10-25 15:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON EINV EI
07DUBLIN821IRISH VIEWS ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF DISCUSSED REF A AND DELIVERED REFS B AND C WITH ISOLDE MOYLAN, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ASIA AND OCEANIA, AND CONLETH BRADY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ASIA AND OCEANIA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) ON OCTOBER 26, 2007. MOYLAN AND BRADY REAFFIRMED THAT IRELAND REMAINED LARGE [...]
2007-10-30 07:17:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEI PGOV PHUM
07DUBLIN822IRELAND'S POSITION ON UNGA'S THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Poloffs met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of the Human Rights Unit, Gavan O'Leary, on October 26, 2007 regarding reftel on the Third Committee. No Action Motions ----------------- 2. (SBU) In regards to the "no action" motions, O'Leary said that the Euro [...]
2007-10-30 07:18:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN EI
07DUBLIN823IRISH RESPONSE TO US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON THE GOALS AND DETAILS OF NEW U.S. DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKS TO EMMA MADIGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND UN COORDINATION, AND STEPHEN DAWSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON OCTOBER 26, [...]
2007-10-30 07:18:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN EI KNNP PARM PREL
07DUBLIN825IRISH RESPONSE TO DAVID WALKER'S IAAC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) POLOFF met with Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Europe and UN Coordination, Emma Madigan, on October 30. In response to the request to support David Walker in the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC),Madigan said that Ireland was aware of the qualifications of [...]
2007-10-30 16:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL UNGA EI
07DUBLIN826IRELAND LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONDEMNATION OF
[...] (SBU) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON OCTOBER 26, 2007 URGING A VOTE AGAINST THE CUBAN UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE U.S. EMBARGO TO GAVAN O'LEARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT, IRISH DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA). O'LEARY RESPONDED THAT IRELAND'S DEFAULT POSITION FOR THIS ISSUE WOULD BE HO [...]
2007-10-30 17:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEI ETRD PHUM UNGA
07DUBLIN827IRELAND LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONDEMNATION OF
[...] (SBU) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON OCTOBER 26, 2007 URGING A VOTE AGAINST THE CUBAN UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE U.S. EMBARGO TO GAVAN O'LEARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT, IRISH DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA). O'LEARY RESPONDED THAT IRELAND'S DEFAULT POSITION FOR THIS ISSUE WOULD BE HO [...]
2007-10-30 17:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEI ETRD PHUM UNGA
07DUBLIN828IRISH VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) Poloffs met with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Human Rights Gavan O'Leary on September 26 to encourage Ireland to promote democratic transition in Cuba. O'Leary noted the suggestions and promised to discuss the points with his Human Rights and Americas Desk [...]
2007-10-31 13:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM EI
07DUBLIN844IRELAND SUPPORTIVE OF FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] (U) Summary: Irish officials say they will ensure that the recent FATF warning of risks associated with Iran-related financial transactions, and FATF guidance on implementing targeted fiancial sanctions aginst Iran, (reftel) reaches all concerned parties. Department of Finance officials noted [...]
2007-11-14 13:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON EI
07DUBLIN849IRELAND'S 2008 LISBON REFORM TREATY REFERENDUM:
[...] (SBU) Ireland's unique position as the only European Union (EU) member state compelled to hold a national referendum on the recently agreed Lisbon Reform Treaty puts great pressure on the Irish Government to secure a strong positive vote for the Treaty. The public and most political parties r [...]
2007-11-15 12:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI
07DUBLIN851IRISH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN
[...] (C) POLOFFs delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on November 16, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is disappointed in the continued intransigence of Iran and is steadily moving toward endorsement of sanctions within an EU or UN framework. [...]
2007-11-16 16:48:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALIS PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EI
07DUBLIN854IRISH VIEW OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports additional financial sanctions on Burma, provided they do not adversely affect the welfare of the Burmese people, but does not believe that the EU has the stomach for significantly more forceful measures at this time. End summary. 2. (C) ECONOFF presented r [...]
2007-11-20 16:57:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EI
07DUBLIN862IRISH RESPONSE -- DEMARCHES ON BIOTECH ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: The Irish government recognizes the scientific basis of USG biotech positions and recently agreed that the importation of genetically modified (GM) animal feed is acceptable under its GM-Free Ireland policy. The debate over whether the government will approve the growing of GM p [...]
2007-11-26 12:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EUN TBIO EI
07DUBLIN869IRELAND WATCHING VENEZUELAN SITUATION CLOSELY
[...] (U) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel demarches on November 27 to Karen Miller in the Americas Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Miller welcomed the information and told poloff that Ireland was concerned about the recent developments in Venezuela and was monitoring the [...]
2007-11-28 11:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV EI
07DUBLIN871IRELAND PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] Summary: Ireland is demonstrating firm commitment to meeting its international obligations on human trafficking, moving forward with key legislation and the creation of a new Government unit dedicated to combating trafficking in persons (TIP). End summary. 2. On November 27 poloffs met [...]
2007-11-28 12:50:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EI
07DUBLIN876IRELAND FACING NEW IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
[...] (U) The surge in immigration to Ireland during the past decade has presented the Republic with economic opportunities as well as social challenges. Foreign nationals now constitute upwards of 15 percent of Ireland's inhabitants, compared to 10 percent in the U.S. Ireland has used the immigra [...]
2007-11-30 12:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI
07DUBLIN883IRELAND: NIE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUED
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on December 4, 2007 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey welcomed the NIE acknowledgment that Iran is not an immediate nuclear threat. The report's finding, he said, that pressure from [...]
2007-12-05 13:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EI
07DUBLIN886IRELAND'S 2008 BUDGET -- NOT AS DRACONIAN AS
[...] (U) Summary. On December 5, Finance Minister Brian Cowen presented the government's 2008 budget to a packed Irish Parliament. Budget pundits had predicted a fairly austere budget, given the Irish economic slowdown -- they were wrong in their predictions. On the broad macro numbers, Cowen pr [...]
2007-12-07 14:07:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EI
07DUBLIN887PHILANTHROPY IN IRELAND: A NEW MISSION INITIATIVE
[...] Summary. On November 28, The Ambassador met with Pat Carey, Minister of State for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs at the Department of Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs. The discussion centered on the Ambassador's intention to hold a symposium on February 21 to support the Irish [...]
2007-12-07 16:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EI
07DUBLIN888SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S TRIP TO IRELAND
[...] (C) Summary: During his November 28 ) December 2 trip to Ireland, Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met with Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey and Defence Minister Willie O'Dea together and later with Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to discuss DHS's proposal to move to full p [...]
2007-12-10 07:23:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EI
07DUBLIN899PRIME MINISTER DISMISSES IHRC CALL FOR INSPECTION
[...] On December 12 in the National Parliament (Dail),Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern categorically rejected Opposition and Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) calls for the random inspection of U.S. aircraft when they are alleged to be transiting Ireland on "extraordinary rendition" fli [...]
2007-12-13 13:33:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL EI
07DUBLIN905IRISH ANTICIPATE SERIOUS EU ACTION ON IRAN IN
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered policy guidelines on the Iran NIE (reftel) on December 13 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey took the points on board, saying that Ireland fully agrees that unified international pressure must be main [...]
2007-12-14 15:06:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM EI
07DUBLIN907SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Ireland is moving quickly to increase its use of renewable energy and position its business sector to take advantage of the boom in green technology. Rising dependence on foreign sources of energy, EU environmental obligations, and growing energy costs that threaten to diminish Ir [...]
2007-12-14 16:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EI
07DUBLIN919DELIVERY OF DRAFT U.S.-IRELAND PRECLEARANCE AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, on December 18, 2007, Post delivered a hard copy of the draft U.S.-Ireland Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs under cover of a diplomatic note. The texts of the diplomatic note and draft agreement follow. 2. (SBU) Departmen [...]
2007-12-27 16:35:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV PREL EI
07DULIN903IRISH VIEW OF ARGETED SANCTIONS ON KEY BURMESE
[...] (U) POLOFF dlivered reftel demarche on December 13 to IsoldeMoylan, Director, Asia & Oceania Division, Departmnt of Foreign Affairs. Moylan had just returned rom a meeting of the EU Burma Expets Group in Brussels. 2. (C) According to Moylan, the Experts Group split into two camps; one g [...]
2007-12-14 14:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EI
07KUWAIT1023COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DAVIS (JUNE 30 - JUL 4,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Davis to travel to Post 1-2 July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]
2007-06-30 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA EI GM KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1358COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (12-14
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 12-14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-09-09 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI KU IZ AF SP PK COUNTRY
07KUWAIT1415COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ABERCROMBIE ( SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ABERCROMBIE to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a [...]
2007-09-19 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT247KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-02-20 09:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU
07KUWAIT44KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAYH (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 12 and 13 January 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...]
2007-01-11 15:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ PK GM EI
07KUWAIT462KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (MARCH 30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 2 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-04-02 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF GM EI COUNTRY
07KUWAIT591KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (26-30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 27-28 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-04-22 11:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ FR EI KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT692KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL G. SMITH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a May 18-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-05-06 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO EI UK KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07NICOSIA760BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) On 07 September 2007, PolOff was contacted by Yiannis Thedouolou, the Managing Director of Laserlabs Ltd., the Foreign Intermediate Consignee for the Reftel A requested Pre-License Check (PLC) on Application 05-05005431927. Theodoulou advised that Andor Technology, the Foreign Consignee [...]
2007-09-18 12:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY EI ETTC KOMC
07NICOSIA874ROC CUSTOMS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE RE SUSPECT
[...] (SBU) On October 24, the Chief of the Anti-Smuggling Enforcement Team (ASET),Republic of Cyprus (ROC) Customs, requested Embassy Nicosia's assistance regarding a suspect cargo shipment in the port of Limassol. On October 25, Econ Chief, PolOff, visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( [...]
2007-10-30 15:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCY EI ETTC KOMC
07PRETORIA3277MEYER OPTIMISTIC ON HELSINKI IRAQ PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The August 31 - September 3 meeting of Sunni and Shia Iraqi politicians, hosted by the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) in Helsinki, went "better than expected," according to South African conflict resolution consultant and former SAG minister Roelf Meyer. Meyer was impressed t [...]
2007-09-14 14:56:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ EI FI SF
08BELFAST138PLANNED MILITARY PARADE AND SINN FEIN COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary: British Ministry of Defence plans to hold a welcome home parade November 2 in Belfast for troops from the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) returning from Afghanistan. Sinn Fein (SF) and dissident republican groups announced that they plan to hold separate counterdemonstrations on the [...]
2008-10-31 19:38:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EI UK
08BRUSSELS1590EU NOT EXPECTING LISBON TREATY BREAKTHROUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Interlocutors told us in separate conversations over the past two weeks that Irish Prime Minister Cowen will not present a plan for Lisbon Treaty ratification at this week,s European Council meeting, but instead will briefly present Dublin,s understanding of why the first [...]
2008-10-14 18:12:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ECIN EI
08BRUSSELS1892EU LEADERS SET PATH FOR NEW IRISH VOTE ON LISBON TREATY
[...] SUMMARY: Irish PM Brian Cowen at the December 11-12 European Council committed to put the Treaty of Lisbon to another referendum before the end of October 2009 in exchange for assurances on Irish concerns which motivated the "No" in June 2008. The leaders concurred that the Commission would c [...]
2008-12-15 15:04:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EUN EI
08DUBLIN104IRELAND: EU VISIT TO CUBA WILL CONFORM WITH
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches to Americas Desk Officer Karen Miller, Department of Foreign Affairs, on February 29. Acknowledging USG concerns regarding the timing and focus of EU Commissioner Michel's visit to Cuba, Miller emphasized that the EU Common Position on Cuba requires that [...]
2008-02-29 14:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN CU EI
08DUBLIN105IRELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO
[...] Irish Political Director Rory Montgomery called the Ambassador the evening of February 28 to give him a heads-up that the Government of Ireland had decided to recognize Kosovo. A press release from Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern followed on February 29. 2. In his press release, Ah [...]
2008-02-29 15:00:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN106IRELAND - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the verge of passing new comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, Ireland made great strides during the reporting period to shore up protections against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the country. In addition to the new Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007, which [...]
2008-03-03 10:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
08DUBLIN109VISA WAIVER PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS AND THE EU - THE
[...] (U) On March 4, Cons Chief met with Irish Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Joe Hackett of SIPDIS the Irish Passport Office to deliver the demarche mentioned in reftel. Bassett was pleased to receive the information presented in the demarche and stated that he believe [...]
2008-03-05 11:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER EI
08DUBLIN110IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL
[...] According to David Brennan, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who deals with the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill, the Bill is scheduled for the Report Stage (the third of four stages) in the Dail (lower House of Parliament) on March 12. If this schedule holds, the Bil [...]
2008-03-05 11:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN116IRISH VIEWS ON MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on March 6, 2008 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland has recognized Kosovo's independence. The Irish Foreign Minister has publicly called for an end to violence in the Middle East. Ireland has not been requ [...]
2008-03-07 13:35:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN121IRISH VIEWS ON SEEKING UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY IN
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on March 6, 2008 to Pat Kelly, Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Kelly stated that Ireland was thoroughly appalled by piracy in Somalia (and elsewhere),and would strongly support a UNSC resolution to address the problem. Ke [...]
2008-03-07 14:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EI
08DUBLIN122Irish Taoiseach lauds Northern Ireland's Ian Paisley
[...] (U) In the wake of Northern Ireland Assembly First Minister Ian Paisley's surprise announcement that he would stand down as First Minister in May 2008, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern released a statement on March 4 paying tribute to Paisley, referring to him as a giant figure in [...]
2008-03-07 14:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN148IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S
[...] (SBU) On March 18, Econoff delivered Ref A points to John Rowan, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs' chief for multilateral economic organizations -- and former Irish Ambassador to the OECD. Rowan said that Ireland shared the U.S. view on the matter and would support our position. He po [...]
2008-03-19 16:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OECD PREL CM TW EI
08DUBLIN150IRELAND RESPONSE TO BURMA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Ireland believes that renewing the EU's Common Position on Burma, due in April, and a strong response from the upcoming GAERC, will be the most effective ways to publicly highlight the flaws in Burma's proposed constitution and referendum, according to Conleth Brady, Deputy Director, Asia [...]
2008-03-20 16:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EI BM
08DUBLIN154AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRISH WILL ATTEND PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 16:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC EI
08DUBLIN158IRISH VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on March 27, 2008 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Irish troops are participating in the UNMIK in Kosovo and nine Irish police officers are part of the EU civilian force in Kosovo. Overall, Ireland is " [...]
2008-03-27 16:25:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS SY LE RS CH EI
08DUBLIN166IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN TO RESIGN MAY 6; NO
[...] (C) Summary: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced April 2 that he will resign May 6 after almost 11 years as both head of government (Taoiseach/Prime Minister) and the head of his political party, Fianna Fail. Saying that he was stepping aside because the attention paid to the Mahon [...]
2008-04-02 15:23:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN167IRISH RESPONSE ON PLEDGES TO WIAP AND CHINA'S AND
[...] On March 28, ECONOFF met with Sara White, Deputy Secretary General (and most senior energy official) in the Irish Department of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources, to deliver reftel demarches. Regarding additional pledges to the Washington International Action Plan (WIAP) (Ref A),[...]
2008-04-03 15:41:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG EUN IEA TRGY KPAO KSCA EI
08DUBLIN168IRELAND: EU POLICY ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Ireland agrees that strong U.S. - EU unity is needed in order to keep the pressure on Belarus, and supported a recent EU demarche to the Belarussian MFA highlighting the EU's concerns over the demands made on the US mission in Minsk, according to Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling, Russia, E [...]
2008-04-03 16:17:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EU EI
08DUBLIN169JUNE 12 IS LIKELY DATE FOR IRELAND'S LISBON TREATY
[...] (SBU) Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern has indicated that Ireland's European Union Reform (Lisbon) Treaty referendum (Ref B) will most likely be held on Thursday, June 12. Speaking in the Dail (Irish Parliament) on April 2, shortly after announcing his resignation from office effective [...]
2008-04-03 16:23:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN17IRELAND WILL SUPPORT PROSPER FOR COMMITTEE FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 14:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA EI
08DUBLIN170FIANNA FAIL STARTS PROCESS TO CHOOSE NEW IRISH PRIME
[...] (U) Following Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern's April 2 resignation announcement effective May 6 (reftel),attention will now focus on the selection of his successor as party leader by Fianna Fail. Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Finance Brian Cowen appears to be the [...]
2008-04-04 06:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN175IRISH AID FOR IRAQI REFUGEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 16:23:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL EI
08DUBLIN178BRIAN COWEN ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR LEADERSHIP OF FIANNA
[...] (U) On Saturday, April 5, Brian Cowen, Irish Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) and Minister of Finance formally submitted his nomination to the Chief Whip of the Fianna Fail parliamentary party for the position of leader of Fianna Fail, effective May 7 -- the date of the planned resignation of [...]
2008-04-07 14:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN192SCENESETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO
[...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern's address to a Joint Session of Congress on April 30 will be framed by the Northern Ireland peace process, Irish economic growth (the "Celtic Tiger"),Ireland's view of its place in the world, and Ahern's announcement that he will step dow [...]
2008-04-11 14:38:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN202007 ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT.
[...] (U) Although official Police reports for 2007 will not be available until later in the year, RSO police contacts have reported that crime overall in Ireland has risen over the last twelve months. There has been an increase in activities by organized criminal groups in Ireland. Preliminary rep [...]
2008-01-14 08:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC APER AMGT EI
08DUBLIN208IRISH VIEWS ON NEW RUSSIAN POLICY IN GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 15:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS EI
08DUBLIN216IRISH VIEWS OF THE APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref A demarche on March 24 ,2008 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland would support stronger action in Iran, though it recognizes that other EU nations may be less willing to do so. It is fully committed to Kosovo's indepen [...]
2008-04-25 11:12:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALIS PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN219Irish Farmers Protest Government's WTO Stance
[...] Irish farmers took part in a peaceful demonstration in Dublin in protest against the current EU stance at WTO negotiations on April 17. The protest took place as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addressed a forum discussing the future of the EU. Reportedly 10,000 farmers fro [...]
2008-04-28 06:34:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EU EI
08DUBLIN223IRELAND ACCEPTS CUBAN REFUGEES; PASSES MUTUAL LEGAL
[...] (SBU) Sean Aylward, Secretary General of the Irish Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform told the Embassy April 22 that the way had been cleared to immediately resettle 11 Cuban refugees who have been sheltering at Guantanamo. He added that the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bi [...]
2008-04-29 10:15:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KCRM KJUS KTIA KFRD KWMN EI
08DUBLIN225IRELAND EYES DEVOLUTION OF POLICING AND JUSTICE
[...] (C) Pat Hennessy, Director General, Anglo-Irish Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),told EMBOFFs on April 24 that while the issue of devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland clearly provides potential for damaging the political rapprochement that has been growing betwe [...]
2008-04-29 14:05:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV EI
08DUBLIN228IRELAND GRAPPLING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish government is developing policy measures to deal with environment/energy concerns, including climate change, energy security, and power generation and distribution. A lack of indigenous energy resources has focused the government on a mix of energy efficiency and renewa [...]
2008-04-30 06:59:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL PGOV KGHG SENV EI
08DUBLIN23IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE TACKLES GLOBAL ISSUES IN NEW
[...] Summary: President of Ireland Mary McAleese addressed diplomats on January 14, delivering a wide-ranging speech focusing on Irish Government policy in regards to conflict resolution, climate change, human rights, overseas development aid, humanitarian crises, nuclear weapons proliferation, po [...]
2008-01-16 08:20:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EI
08DUBLIN236IRELAND ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Ireland endorses the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, according to a diplomatic note received at post on May 1. Begin text of note ------------------ 2. (U) Note No. 157/08. The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to th [...]
2008-05-01 13:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EI
08DUBLIN237LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN BEGINS TO WARM UP IN
[...] The pace of campaigning for the June 12 Lisbon Treaty referendum has begun to warm up, as the Irish Referendum Commission announced the launch of its public awareness campaign. A poll released on April 27 has the referendum vote too close to call. However, Prime Minister-elect Brian Cowen de [...]
2008-05-01 14:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EI EUN
08DUBLIN240RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - IRELAND
[...] Summary: Despite being a surplus producer of meat and livestock products, Irish consumers have in recent months seen a sharp and sudden increase in food prices especially in two commodities - milk and bread. While there has been media attention given to the rise in prices, consumers seem to [...]
2008-05-02 13:15:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EU EI
08DUBLIN248BRIAN COWEN POISED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF
[...] (U) At about 6:00 PM on May 6, former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern presented his resignation to Irish President Mary McAleese, clearing the way for Brian Cowen to be elected as the new Prime Minister of Ireland by the Dail (Lower House of Parliament) (reftel). Cowen's electi [...]
2008-05-07 12:15:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EI
08DUBLIN250BRIAN COWEN: IT,S OKAY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICE JOBS
[...] (U) On April 14, Irish Finance Minister Brian Cowen (who will become Ireland,s next Prime Minister on May 7) and Northern Ireland Finance Minister Peter Robinson (who will become the FirstMinister of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Jun) announced that their respective governments would facil [...]
2008-05-07 13:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EI
08DUBLIN251IRELAND AIMS TO ACHIEVE AN ANTI-CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery firmly told the Embassy May 6 that the May 19-30 Dublin Conference will produce a final Cluster Munitions Convention, ready for signature in Oslo in December 2008. Montgomery agreed that interoperability and definitio [...]
2008-05-08 12:05:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
08DUBLIN260BRIAN COWEN BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF IRELAND;
[...] (SBU) During the afternoon of May 7, the lower house of the Irish Parliament (Dail) elected Fianna Fail leader Brian Cowen as Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland (reftel). Following his investiture by Irish President Mary McAleese, Cowen announced that his first task would be to ensure rati [...]
2008-05-12 06:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EI
08DUBLIN263IRELAND'S VIEW OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on May 8, 2008 to Pat Kelly ,Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly stated that Ireland was concerned about piracy off the coast of Somalia, and that the Irish Government agreed in principle that international coordin [...]
2008-05-12 11:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT UNSC EI
08DUBLIN265JUNE 12 ANNOUNCED AS LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM DATE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Ireland has announced June 12 as the official date of the referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. Ireland's major political parties, which all support the Treaty, are rapidly gearing up to encourage their members to get out and vote. We continue to believe that the [...]
2008-05-12 15:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN267DEMARCHE REQUEST: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 12:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EI
08DUBLIN271IRELAND: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] (U) There is no record of forced labor used in the production of goods in Ireland. One non-governmental organization (NGO) reported several cases of forced labor in the service industry and in agricultural production. However, discussions with Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Emp [...]
2008-05-16 10:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EI
08DUBLIN273TAOISEACH BRIAN COWEN NAMES JUNIOR MINISTERS
[...] Following his reshuffle of the Cabinet on May 7 (reftel),Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen received Cabinet approval on May 13 to appoint 16 Ministers of State (commonly referred to as Junior Ministers). Five new Ministers of State were appointed in a shake-up of the junior minist [...]
2008-05-16 16:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR ECON EI
08DUBLIN274IRELAND'S AID TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Ireland pledged 5 million euro ($7.75 million) in aid to Afghanistan at the 2006 London Conference, all of which has been fully discharged, according to Director Emma Leonard, Emergency and Recovery Section, Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom POLOFF delivered reftel demarche [...]
2008-05-16 16:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN282IRISH POLITICAL PARTIES LAUNCH VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) The Lisbon Treaty 'Yes' campaign seems to be gaining traction as the Irish political parties launch a vigorous campaign in favor of the treaty and a new poll indicates that support for the treaty is running two to one (albeit with 47 percent of those polled undecided). Supporters of the L [...]
2008-05-20 15:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN289SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND
[...] (U) CODEL Leahy will arrive against a backdrop of a new Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the continuing successful peace process in Northern Ireland, a slowing, but still world-class economic growth -- the "Celtic Tiger" -- and an Ireland that is increasingly engaged in for [...]
2008-05-21 15:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN291IRISH VIEWS OF THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered Ref A demarche on May 22, 2008 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. ---- Cuba ---- 2. (C) Buckley acknowledged the U.S. position on Cuba, saying that Ireland recognized the "crossroads" potential for change there, and e [...]
2008-05-23 11:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN31IRSH PRIME MINISTER CONTINUES TO TAKE HEAT FOR ALLEGD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 13:50:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN310THE "YEAS" MAKE BUMPY PROGRESS IN THE LISBON
[...] (C) Political leaders and the political parties are working hard to ensure a 'Yes' vote in the June 12 Lisbon Treaty referendum and are making visible progress, though their efforts could be undermined by a decision by either SIPTU, one of Ireland's largest trade unions, or the farmers' power [...]
2008-05-30 15:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN324LISBON TREATY 'YES' CAMPAIGN RECEIVES TIMELY BOOSTS
[...] Summary: With just a week to go before the June 12 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, the 'Yes' campaign has received a number of timely boosts. Virtually all important political, employer, labor, and farmer organizations in Ireland have now recommended a 'Yes' vote. While there will continue [...]
2008-06-05 15:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN33IRELAND FIRMLY COMMITTED TO OSLO PROCESS BAN ON
[...] (C) Summary. Ireland, one of the founding members of the Oslo Process, stands firm on its support for the Oslo Process ban on cluster munitions despite potential interoperability difficulties. Ireland sees the Oslo Process as consistent with its strong humanitarian record and it is unlikely t [...]
2008-01-22 13:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL EI
08DUBLIN332IRELAND PREPARED TO TAKE A FIRM STANCE ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on June 4, 2008 to Conleth Brady, Desk Officer, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. The Irish Government agrees with the views of the USG and is concerned that humanitarian relief efforts may soften diplomatic pressure on Bu [...]
2008-06-09 14:03:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN334LISBON TREATY POLLS SEND MIXED MESSAGES, BUT EDGE STILL
[...] (SBU) The 'Yes' side in the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, scheduled for June 12, still appears to have an edge, despite gains by the 'No' side in recent polls. Political party leaders remain quietly confident that the 'Yes' vote will gather momentum in the final days of the campaign. Voter [...]
2008-06-09 16:44:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN337IRELAND TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING, 16-18
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 15:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PTER EI
08DUBLIN338CODEL LEAHY TALKS NORTHERN IRELAND, IMMIGRATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Senators Patrick Leahy, Thad Cochran, and Richard Shelby visited Ireland May 24-27, 2008, meeting Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, and President Mary McAleese. Headlining the Irish agenda was to say "th [...]
2008-06-11 10:15:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ECON CONS EI
08DUBLIN339IRISH VIEWS ON FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
[...] ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 9, 2008 to Richard Howell, Head of the Research, Food, and Codex Coordination Division of the Department of Agriculture. Howell said that the Irish government was still considering its position regarding the chairpersonship. He said that there has bee [...]
2008-06-11 11:31:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO EI
08DUBLIN340IRISH VIEWS ON FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
[...] (C) Ref A corrected to include classifier. 2. (C) ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 9, 2008 to Richard Howell, Head of the Research, Food, and Codex Coordination Division of the Department of Agriculture. Howell said that the Irish government was still considering its position reg [...]
2008-06-11 12:14:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKPAO EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO EI
08DUBLIN356IRELAND SOUNDLY REJECTS LISBON TREATY IN SHOCK RESULT
[...] (U) By a surprisingly large margin, Irish voters today rejected the EU Lisbon Treaty by 53.7 percent to 46.3 percent. The final results were announced late in the afternoon. The 'No' campaign won in 33 of 43 constituencies. No single factor has emerged as decisive in the 'Yes' defeat. Howe [...]
2008-06-13 16:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN357IRISH VIEWS OF THE JUNE 16-17 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 12 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. EU Foreign Ministers will be briefed by High Representative Javier Solana following his scheduled discussions with Iranian leaders in Tehran, June 14-15. There are no plans to [...]
2008-06-13 16:43:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALIS PHUM PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN361IRELAND WILL NOT VETO WTO DEAL DESPITE PROMISE TO
[...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he was "prepared" to veto a WTO deal that is "unacceptable" to Ireland (Ref B). The Irish Farmers Association (IFA),upset with the EU's handling of the WTO negotiations (Ref C),had put pressure on Cowen to promise a veto. On the [...]
2008-06-17 15:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN362IRISH AGRICULTURE, THE DOHA ROUND, AND BIOTECH
[...] (C) Summary: Econoffs spoke recently with senior Irish trade and agriculture officials regarding the points in Refs B and C. While they agreed that a WTO deal is even more important now with recent food price concerns, both were concerned about the prospect of an imminent conclusion to the Do [...]
2008-06-17 15:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON EU EI
08DUBLIN363IRISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS TIME TO DEAL WITH REJECTION
[...] (C) As the Irish Government seeks to fathom the reasons for the surprise defeat of the Lisbon Treaty referendum on June 12, the EU appears prepared to give Ireland some breathing space to assess the poll result, conduct domestic consultations, and negotiate with EU partners to find a way to r [...]
2008-06-17 17:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN368IRISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS IRELAND'S FUTURE LIES WITH
[...] Following the June 12 'No' vote on the Lisbon Treaty, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Cowen addressed the Dail (Lower house of Parliament) on June 18, saying that the Government accepted the verdict of the people. Nonetheless, Cowen noted that Ireland's place in the international arena had been re [...]
2008-06-18 15:49:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN379IRISH JUSTICE MINISTRY ADDRESSES 2008 TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) During Ambassador's June 19 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern (other issues reported septel) the Justice Department's Secretary General Sean Aylward raised the Irish Government's view of the 2008 TIP report. Aylward noted that Irish NGO [...]
2008-06-24 12:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KPAO EI
08DUBLIN382STEMMING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS INTO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador briefed Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on June 19 on the S/CT presentation, "Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq: Presentation to the Government of Ireland" (reftel). Ahern indicated clearly that he wants to thwart terrorist activities on Irish soil. [...]
2008-06-24 15:44:00Embassy DublinSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER EI
08DUBLIN384IRELAND ON THE HOOK TO DEVISE SOLUTION TO LISBON
[...] (C) In the past week and a half, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has succeeded in getting breathing space from his counterparts in the European Council to find a solution to the dilemma created by the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish people in a referendum on June 12 (reftel). Non [...]
2008-06-25 11:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN EI
08DUBLIN386STEMMING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS INTO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador briefed Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on June 19 on the S/CT presentation, "Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq: Presentation to the Government of Ireland" (reftel). Ahern indicated clearly that he wants to thwart terrorist activities on Irish soil. [...]
2008-06-25 15:39:00Embassy DublinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER EI
08DUBLIN390IRISH VIEW OF SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C) On June 30, 2008, POLOFF spoke with Conleth Brady, Deputy Director of the Asia and Oceania Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Brady indicated that to date Ireland had disbursed 1 million euro (USD 1.57 million) through Irish charities, and it is currently reviewing its abilit [...]
2008-06-30 15:31:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALBM EAID EUN PGOV EI
08DUBLIN398IRISH GOVERNMENT ON OUTCOME OF MAY 2008 CLUSTER
[...] (C) POLOFFs met on June 26 with Nicholas Twist, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, to review the outcome of the May 19-30, 2008 Cluster Munitions Conference in Dublin (Ref A). During the Conference, the Irish achieved their two main objectives: the condemnation of cluster muniti [...]
2008-07-03 14:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EI
08DUBLIN40(S) FOLLOW UP ON INVESTIGATION INTO IRISH
[...] (S) The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's Export Licensing Unit has denied Mac Aviation Group licensing for imports/exports into and out of Ireland, Desk Officer Michael Keaveney, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs, informed POLOFF on January 3. Kea [...]
2008-01-22 16:40:00Embassy DublinSECRETPARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI
08DUBLIN403IRISH WILL ATTEND KOSOVO DONORS' CONFERENCE; OKAY
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 3 to Emma Madigan, Deputy Director, Europe and UN Coordination Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Madigan stated that Ireland would attend the Kosovo Donor's conference on July 11, represented by Ireland's Ambassador to Brussels. It was unc [...]
2008-07-07 15:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN409IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION ISSUES
[...] (U) On July 1, 2008 POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel) to Ann Monaghan, Higher Executive Officer of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Monaghan said that Ireland has not committed its support to any candidate for a seat on the Universal Postal Union Council of Ad [...]
2008-07-09 12:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO EI
08DUBLIN411IRELAND SUPPORTS EU POSITION, WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR
[...] On July 7, 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarhe to James McIntyre, Director of the Human Righs Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. He stated that while Ireland is generally suppotive of the event, it will not co-sponsor absent collective sponsrship by the EU. FOLEY [...]
2008-07-10 14:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL KDEM EI
08DUBLIN416IRISH ECONOMIC DOLDRUMS: THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE.
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish government's announcement that public finances have deteriorated rapidly has prompted a mid-year re-think on the government's budget. Driven by a construction-led downturn in the broader economy, the government will cut public spending this year by USD 660 million and n [...]
2008-07-15 10:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL EI
08DUBLIN428IRELAND'S VIEWS ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 12 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. EU Foreign Ministers will be briefed by High Representative Javier Solana following his scheduled discussions with Saeed Jalili in Geneva on June 19. They will also hear from [...]
2008-07-18 16:20:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP EI
08DUBLIN43KOSOVO/CHAD HIGH ON IRISH FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENDA
[...] (C) During a meeting with visiting Office Director Kathy Allegrone, Irish Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery stated that Ireland is likely to quickly recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo, though not without misgivings. Montgomery reaffirmed Ireland's commitment to [...]
2008-01-23 15:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PARM KV EI
08DUBLIN431IRISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ASSESSES LISBON TREATY
[...] (C) On July 15, 2008 Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan told the Ambassador that it was "not possible" for the Irish Government to be ready by mid-October to propose a way forward to the European Council following the unexpected de [...]
2008-07-22 14:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD EUN PINR EI
08DUBLIN433SARKOZY IN DUBLIN -- IN LISTENING MODE
[...] Summary: On July 21, French President Nicolas Sarkozy spent five hours in Dublin meeting with the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the heads of the main opposition parties, and a gathering of representatives from both the pro- and anti-Lisbon Treaty camps. Cowen impressed upon Sarkozy that i [...]
2008-07-23 13:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EUN FR EI
08DUBLIN436IRELAND WILLING TO CONSIDER RESETTLING GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Summary: On July 15, 2008 Ambassador-at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met Michael Flahive, Assistant Secretary in the Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and Darach Mac Fhoinnbhairr (MAC-FIN-BAR),Director, America,s Section, Department of Foreign Affairs t [...]
2008-07-24 12:03:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA EI
08DUBLIN44TOUGH CAMPAIGN AHEAD FOR EU REFORM TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: The Director of the EU Division at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs is optimistic that the EU Reform Treaty referendum will pass in 2008, but not without a robust campaign by Treaty supporters. While there will be a lot of rhetoric and hand-wringing in coming months, we a [...]
2008-01-24 14:21:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN440IRELAND ENCOURAGES BALANCED APPROACH TO SARG
[...] (C) On July 25, 2008, we delivered reftel demarche to Stephen Dawson, Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at the Department of Foreign Affairs. While Ireland is generally in agreement with the U.S. position, Dawson said that his government would likely engage with Syria at an ear [...]
2008-07-25 15:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY EUN EI
08DUBLIN442IRELAND ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION -- AKP DECISION
[...] (SBU) On July 29, 2008 POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ciara Delaney, First Secretary for Enlargement & Eastern Europe in the Department of Foreign Affairs' EU Division. Delaney indicated that the outcome of the AKP case will strongly influence the EU's treatment of Turkey. She stated tha [...]
2008-07-29 16:00:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV TU EUN EI
08DUBLIN449IRELAND'S ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 13:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EI
08DUBLIN48IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 28-29 EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered the January GAERC demarche on January 24 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is likely to recognize Kosovo's independence quickly, and is generally sympathetic to U.S. views on the Middle East, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, DRC, [...]
2008-01-25 13:26:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PHUM PREL KV IR IZ IS SU EI
08DUBLIN485IRELAND, THE CAP, AND THE EU
[...] Since entering the European Union (EU) in 1973, Ireland has benefited greatly from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The importance of farming for Ireland, not only in economic but also in social and cultural terms, underscores the influence the farming community has in the country. [...]
2008-08-26 13:22:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PGOV PREL EU EI
08DUBLIN487IRELAND CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH
[...] (U) The following statement on Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states was released by Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin on August 26, 2008. Begin Statement --------------- The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin TD, has condemned today's dec [...]
2008-08-27 12:15:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU EI
08DUBLIN50IRISH VIEWS ON PROGRESS OF NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Ireland January 16, EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone met with Department of Foreign Affairs Anglo-Irish Division Director General Pat Hennessy, and Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) International Affairs Advisor Martin Fraser, to discuss the I [...]
2008-01-28 11:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN500IRISH VIEWS OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches on September 4 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. ------- Georgia ------- 2. (C) Ireland supports a firm response to the situation in Georgia within an EU context, Kelly said. He predicted that the GYMNICH discu [...]
2008-09-04 15:07:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EI
08DUBLIN508THE IRISH ECONOMY -- ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE
[...] (C) Summary: The slumping Irish economy and reduced government tax take have compelled Prime Minister Brian Cowen to advance the 2008 budget by two months. Sharp spending cuts are likely. However, it is unclear how far the Irish government will go to reverse the slide of the economy. Irish m [...]
2008-09-08 15:47:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EI
08DUBLIN51IRELAND -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Dublin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement submission. 2. The text of the submission follows. BEGIN TEXT ---------- IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),[...]
2008-01-28 13:41:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EI
08DUBLIN513IRISH STUDY IDENTIFIES REASONS FOR LISBON TREATY
[...] The Government of Ireland has released the results of research it commissioned to establish the reasons behind the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish electorate in a referendum on June 12, 2008. Topping the list of voters' concerns were fears that adopting the Treaty might result in [...]
2008-09-10 15:50:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN516IRISH VIEWS ON THE SEPTEMBER 15-16 FOREIGN
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on September 11, 2008 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly indicated that Ireland agrees with the U.S. position on Zimbabwe and fully supports international action to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia. H [...]
2008-09-12 08:17:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MOPS EI
08DUBLIN522BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] On September 11, POLOFF conducted a site visit at IRT Consult. The company was formed in 2007 as an operating unit of CTS Health & Safety Ltd., which was founded in 2004. At present, the only employees are Darren Whyte and his spouse. The company operates from a new facility that is secured [...]
2008-09-15 07:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EI
08DUBLIN523IRELAND'S VIEWS ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD
[...] (C) On September 12, PolOff spoke with James McIntyre, Director of Human Rights at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland largely shares the same priorities as the U.S. for the Third Committee. However, Ireland believes that this year will be more difficult than ever to get support for a [...]
2008-09-15 10:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN EI
08DUBLIN535RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WARMS UP FOR UNGA IN
[...] (C) On September 22 in Dublin, Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and rejected Lavrov's claims that Russian actions in Georgia were akin to U.S. and European initiatives in Kosovo and that Russia had been compelled to invade Georgia in August [...]
2008-09-23 13:26:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EI
08DUBLIN538IRISH CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL
[...] (C) EMBOFFs delivered reftel demarche on September 23, 2008 to Patrick Hennessy, Director General, Anglo-Irish Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Hennessy took on board the request that the Government of Ireland contribute $2 million, 2010-2014, to sustain the Afghan National Army. He [...]
2008-09-25 10:33:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN54AMBASSADOR TALKS PHILANTHROPY AND ECONOMY WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 23, the Ambassador met with Finance Minister Brian Cowen to gauge the Minister's attitude toward tax and other legislative changes aimed at increasing charitable giving in Ireland in advance of the Ambassador's February 21 Philanthropy Symposium. They also briefly di [...]
2008-01-30 09:23:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EI
08DUBLIN545IRELAND'S SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP DEAL'S GOOD ENOUGH --
[...] (C) Summary: On September 18 the parties to the Social Partnership talks (principally business groups and trade unions) agreed on a provisional deal that, among other things, would freeze public sector wages for the next 11 months. A leading business representative told us this is the best de [...]
2008-10-01 12:25:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN556THE BANK GUARANTEE: AN IRISH SOLUTION TO AN IRISH
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29, the Irish government announced plans to back deposits in all Irish-domiciled banks. Foreign banks with significant Irish operations were initially left out of the scheme but some look now to be included. Irish government officials maintain that impaired assets at Irish [...]
2008-10-09 10:21:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN560IRISH VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on October 9 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland will support continued EU sanctions in Zimbabwe until a genuine power sharing government is formed. It is encouraged by the progress it sees in Georgia and believes [...]
2008-10-10 08:14:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN566IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the status of Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's presentation to the Irish government on July 15, 2008, in which Williamson requested the Government of Ireland to accept one or more detainees from Guantanamo who coul [...]
2008-10-15 08:54:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA KAWC EI
08DUBLIN568GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND COUNSELS PATIENCE IN DEALING
[...] (C) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the Northern Ireland peace process with senior Irish government officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and the Office of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister),October 7-8. Each governme [...]
2008-10-15 08:54:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UK EI
08DUBLIN569IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESOLVE LISBON TREATY
[...] (C) Ireland will tell the European Council on October 15 that it is not ready to resolve its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. Irish political leaders believe that the European Council will give it until the December meeting to reflect further on the way forward in resolving the crisis. Minist [...]
2008-10-15 08:54:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN57IRELAND WILL FOLLOW EU ON IMPORT BAN OF BURMESE
[...] (C) Ireland shares the USG's concerns regarding Burma and will implement the European Council decision to restrict investment and trade in the mining and logging sectors with Burma once the EU Commission finalizes the regulations for implementation, according to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia a [...]
2008-01-31 12:33:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM BM EI
08DUBLIN571IRELAND'S 2009 BUDGET: PUNTING THE PROBLEM DOWN
[...] (C) Against the backdrop of a steadily worsening fiscal balance, the Irish government delivered its 2009 budget on October 14. In his budget speech Minister of Finance Brian Lenihan emphasized that this budget required shared sacrifice from all Irish citizens. The government expects a 6.5 pe [...]
2008-10-15 16:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN573IRISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES BANK GUARANTEE DETAILS
[...] (U) Summary: On October 15, the Irish government laid out the details of the bank guarantee plan it announced on September 29 (Ref A). The key provision is that the banks will pay the Irish government Euro 1 billion over the two-year life of the guarantee. Since the announcement of the guara [...]
2008-10-16 15:01:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN577IRISH PRIME MINISTER INCREASINGLY BELEAGUERED
[...] (C) October has not been kind to Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen. It opened with the Government struggling to contain the damage from the global financial crisis and a faltering Irish economy (Refs A and D). On October 16, Cowen had to explain to the European Council that Irela [...]
2008-10-21 11:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN583IRISH AID TO GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 14:57:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS EI
08DUBLIN59IRISH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL ATTEND UN.GIFT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 14:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EI
08DUBLIN598IRELAND WILL NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IR MNUC TRGY EI
08DUBLIN602IRISH ESTABLISH CABINET COMMITTEE TO REVIEW
[...] (C) The Irish government has established a Cabinet-level committee to review Ireland's human rights policies ) and has given the committee a mandate to approach the incoming U.S. administration to review concerns about renditions, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and intensive interr [...]
2008-11-03 18:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAIR ECON MARR EI
08DUBLIN603IRISH ESTABLISH CABINET COMMITTEE TO REVIEW
[...] (C) The Irish government has established a Cabinet-level committee to review Ireland's human rights policies - and has given the committee a mandate to approach the incoming U.S. administration to review concerns about renditions, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and intensive interr [...]
2008-11-04 15:38:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAIR ECON MARR EI
08DUBLIN628DEPUTY SECRETARY TOUR D'HORIZON WITH TOP IRISH
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky met Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin on November 17. Discussions included the Northern Ireland Peace process, t [...]
2008-11-18 14:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN64IRELAND SUPPORTS SINIORA GOVERNMENT WITHIN EU
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government is under no illusions about the "single-minded brutality" of the Syrian regime, according to Michael Gaffey, a senior Foreign Affairs official. He added that Ireland and the EU must ensure the sovereignty and independence of the Government of Lebanon. Howev [...]
2008-02-06 14:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV EI
08DUBLIN640IRISH RESPONSE ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] On November 26, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Martin Finucane, Principal, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Division at the Department of Communication, Energy, and Natural Resources. Finucane said that the Irish government will review the U.S. government's position as it prepares for t [...]
2008-11-26 15:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN ECON EI
08DUBLIN653THE IRISH ECONOMY -- FEW OPTIONS LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: Irish government officials told Emboffs that in the current economic environment it is "almost impossible" to come up with a plan to right the Irish economy. The government will not issue a mini-budget early in 2009 but it looks likely that there will be "adjustments" to the budge [...]
2008-12-03 09:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL EI
08DUBLIN660IRISH PRIME MINISTER TO SEEK CONTINUED EU PATIENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen will meet with other European Council leaders for the third time on December 11-12 to discuss the way forward following Ireland's defeat of the Lisbon Treaty in June 2008. Cowen will seek continued patience and constructive ideas from the European [...]
2008-12-05 15:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN671Dioxins in Irish Meat Sparks Recall
[...] Summary. The Irish agriculture industry has been thrown into a pre-Christmas crisis with the discovery of dioxins in pork, followed by the discovery of dioxins, albeit at significantly lower levels, in beef. Feedstuffs from a single feed-mill were the source of the dioxin and the Irish author [...]
2008-12-10 13:50:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EU EI
08DUBLIN678IRISH IMMIGRATION: ECONOMIC DISTRESS LEADS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish economic slowdown will turn a net inflow of migrants into a net outflow and will result in a population growth decline, with Dublin possibly seeing a drop in population. Migrants from EU countries are quite responsive to economic conditions and appear to be leaving to l [...]
2008-12-12 14:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI ECON
08DUBLIN68EMBASSY DUBLIN'S INPUT FOR NEW REPORTS TO CONGRESS
[...] Post's answers to the question contained in reftel are as follows: A. The Political/Economic section handles energy matters at Embassy Dublin. There are three officers, an OMS, and a Locally-Engaged Staff in the section. B. The economic officer devotes 15 percent of his time to energy [...]
2008-02-06 16:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD EI
08DUBLIN696CHALLENGES FACE IRISH PRIME MINISTER IN SECOND
[...] (C) Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has reached an accord with the European Council whereby Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty by the end of October 2009 in exchange for "legally binding guarantees" from the European Council on matters of concern to the Irish electora [...]
2008-12-17 15:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN707IRELAND/CUBA: UPCOMING MINISTERIAL VISIT AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ireland's Foreign Minister publicly announced plans for an official visit to Cuba in mid-February, a first for any Irish Minister. He also signaled Ireland's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of an EU response to any plan to close Guantanamo proposed by the inco [...]
2008-12-30 07:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER CU EI MX
08DUBLIN80IRELAND'S VIEWS ON FUTURE UKRAINE EU MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland does not oppose Ukraine entry into the EU, but does not see it happening anytime soon. End summary. 2. (U) On February 12, in response to an inquiry from Washington, POLOFF spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia sec [...]
2008-02-14 13:05:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI UP
08DUBLIN81IRISH WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE, BUT
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref B) on February 13, 2008 to Jim Kelly, Director, Europe and UN Coordination Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly reiterated the statements of DFA Political Director Rory Montgomery on January 18 (Ref C) that Ireland, without question, would r [...]
2008-02-14 13:08:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE EI
08DUBLIN84IRELAND WILLING TO DISCUSS INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: This is an action request; see paragraph 4. Ireland is still hoping for a complete ban on cluster munitions as part of the Oslo Process, although it recognizes that not all EU Member States agree with this position. The Irish Government recognizes that interoperability remains a [...]
2008-02-15 11:08:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
08DUBLIN85IRISH VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 18-19 EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: POLOFF delivered February GAERC demarche talking points on February 14 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland will recognize Kosovo fairly quickly and will strive for EU solidarity in responding to Kosovo's declaration of independ [...]
2008-02-15 11:54:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL PHUM EI
08DUBLIN91IRISH PRIME MINISTER TO ADDRESS CONGRESS ON APRIL
[...] (C) Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern has announced that he has accepted an invitation from Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address a joint session of Congress on April 30, 2008. At the same time, Declan Ganley, the President of the Libertas Institute, which is leading the fight in Irelan [...]
2008-02-20 15:41:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI
08KUWAIT786COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (JULY 17-23,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post on July 20 - 21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2008-07-10 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IZ JO KU EI QA
08KUWAIT805WELCOME CODEL OBEY (JULY 17-21, 2008)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Obey's travel to post on July 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the ai [...]
2008-07-16 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ EI
08KUWAIT853WELCOME CODEL ROSS (AUGUST 1-5, 2008)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL ROSS to travel to post on August 2-3, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...]
2008-07-30 07:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU EI IT GE
08LONDON658NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 17:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EI UK
08LONDON660NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE
[...] (C/NF) Political Advisors in the British Government's Northern Ireland Office told the Embassy March 5 that the NIO, "broadly speaking, doesn't think Paisley,s resignation will be destabilizing." Poloff spoke with the Northern Ireland Office,s Katy Petaffe and John Todd. Todd confirmed that [...]
2008-03-05 18:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EI UK
08PARTO91701SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 BREAKFAST WITH
[...] (U) Classified by Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 5, 2008, 0900, Lisbon, Portugal. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Thomas Stephenson Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Legal Advisor John Bellinge [...]
2008-09-17 03:34:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON EI KV RU
08PARTO91702SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PM SOCRATES
[...] (U) Classified by Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 4, 2008, 1930, Lisbon, Portugal. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Thomas Stephenson Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Assistant Secretary C. David [...]
2008-09-17 03:45:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON EI KV RU
08STATE112701IRELAND: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP
[...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 2 when host governments are not meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA),but are making signif [...]
2008-10-22 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG EI
08STATE93161BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050118916 for the export of a FLIR Thermal Imaging System to Ireland. Post is requested to c [...]
2008-08-29 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EI
08USUNNEWYORK890UN GENERAL DEBATE: VENEZUELA, ERITREA AND OTHERS
[...] SUMMARY: In the final plenary session of the 63rd UNGA General Debate on September 29, speakers included: Ireland, Ethiopia, Belize, Nigeria, South Africa, Eritrea, Thailand, Canada, Cambodia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Belarus, Switzerland, Mauritius, Maldives, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of [...]
2008-09-30 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON AORC UNGA EI ET BH NI SF ER
08WARSAW1176RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL
[...] (SBU) DCM and Legatt delivered reftel demarche to Lukasz Redziniak, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) October 3. 2. (SBU) DCM took the opportunity to raise our disappointment in the outcome of a Polish court case involving Randy Craig Levine, who allegedly committed [...]
2008-10-07 12:00:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE EI GR
09BELFAST14TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY DISSIDENT
[...] (C) A March 7 gun attack by dissident republicans near Antrim which left two British soldiers dead, and injured four others, is the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Omagh bombing. The attack was carried out by the Real IRA, a small dissident group formed by IRA member [...]
2009-03-09 14:03:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV UK EI
09BELFAST17NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...]
2009-03-09 18:10:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ASEC PGOV PREL EI UK
09BELFAST21SCENESETTER FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY VISIT BY NORTHERN IRELAND'S
[...] (C/NF) The visit to Washington by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness comes on the heels of recent attacks by dissident republicans which have left two soldiers and one police officer dead. This visit will allow senior U.S. officials to express their sym [...]
2009-03-12 13:45:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ECON EINV UK EI
09BELFAST29SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS DISCUSSES RECENT VISIT TO
[...] (C/NF) During an April 27 meeting with Belfast Consul General, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams discussed his mid-April trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. During his meetings with Hamas leaders, Adams made clear he did not support violence. He also met with residents of the Israeli [...]
2009-04-28 16:13:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UK EI IS KPAL PTER
09BELFAST30NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...]
2009-05-01 15:05:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL EI UK
09BELFAST36NORTHERN IRELAND EU ELECTION RESULTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is reeling from a major electoral shock after a significant number of its traditional supporters defected to the Traditional Unionist Party (TUV) and the Conservative/Unionist Party (formerly the Ulster Unionist Party) in the EU elections. The split am [...]
2009-06-09 16:15:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UK EI
09BELFAST5NORTHERN IRELAND LEADERS THANK SPECIAL ENVOY DOBRIANSKY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7-8, Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Ambassador Paula Dobriansky made farewell calls on Northern Ireland political leaders. Everyone paid tribute to the Special Envoy for her efforts during the past two years and praised the role the United States has played in brin [...]
2009-01-13 13:12:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UK EI
09BELFAST50NORTHERN IRELAND DEVOLUTION DELAYED BUT ON TRACK
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Northern Ireland's political leaders, together with HMG's Northern Ireland Office, are united in their conviction to move forward on the devolution of policing and justice. An attempt by hard-line unionist Jim Allister to siphon off support from First Minister Peter Robinson's [...]
2009-07-10 11:25:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SOCI UK EI
09BELFAST6PROPOSED PAYMENTS TO VICTIMS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S TROUBLES
[...] (C) Summary: The public release on January 28 of The Consultative Group on the Past's report sparked controversy among Northern Ireland's politicians and victims groups. The Group, appointed by the British government in 2007, had a mandate to explore ways to deal with Northern Ireland's lega [...]
2009-01-30 16:02:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EI UK PGOV
09BELFAST88NORTHERN IRELAND FIRST MINISTER ROBINSON AND DEPUTY FIRST
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Despite strong complaints regarding the behavior of the other and their respective parties, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness both agree that the financial piece of devolving policing and justice powers is complete, and a [...]
2009-11-03 17:12:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR UK EI
09BELFAST9ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES
[...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...]
2009-02-20 18:25:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI
09BRUSSELS855EU LEADERS AGREE ON GUARANTEES FOR IRELAND; NEW IRISH VOTE
[...] SUMMARY: EU leaders in their June 18-19 European Council meeting painfully agreed on the format of guarantees designed to persuade Irish voters to back the Lisbon Treaty in another referendum. The specific guarantees do not alter the Lisbon Treaty but provide interpretation of it. They basic [...]
2009-06-22 05:52:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN EI
09BRUSSELS856EU LEADERS AGREE ON GUARANTEES FOR IRELAND; NEW IRISH VOTE
[...] SUMMARY: EU leaders in their June 18-19 European Council meeting painfully agreed on the format of guarantees designed to persuade Irish voters to back the Lisbon Treaty in another referendum. The specific guarantees do not alter the Lisbon Treaty but provide interpretation of it. They bas [...]
2009-06-22 06:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN100U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT: STILL WORK TO
[...] (C) Summary: In November 2008, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey signed an Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance ("Agreement"). Building on the 1985 immigration preinspection agreement, the Agreement allows for customs, immigration [...]
2009-03-03 15:06:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN101IRISH FM'S VISIT TO CUBA: NO CIVIL SOCIETY MEETINGS
[...] (C) On February 26, Emboff spoke with Ruth Parkin, desk officer in the Americas section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding Foreign Minister Micheal Martin's February 17/18 visit to Cuba. Parkin said that Martin did not have time to meet with any Cuban human rights organiza [...]
2009-03-03 15:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU EI
09DUBLIN102RUSSIANS TAKE BLAME FOR OIL SPILL OFF IRISH COAST
[...] (C) On February 27, Emboff spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia/Europe Office at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding the February 14 oil spill off Ireland's coast (reftel). Dowling said that a "reasonably senior" Russian delegation met with the Irish Coas [...]
2009-03-03 15:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHSA RU EI
09DUBLIN105INFORMING ISAF PARTNERS OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche on March 3 to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan reiterated the full support of the Government of Ireland for the USG policy review on Afghanistan and expressed appreciation for the briefing on SOF plans. ( [...]
2009-03-04 16:19:00Embassy DublinSECRETMARR MOPS NATO PREL EI
09DUBLIN110BRIAN COWEN RALLIES THE TROOPS: THE 72ND FIANNA
[...] (SBU) The governing political party in Ireland, Fianna Fail, held its annual party convention on February 27-28, 2009. The party's leaders acknowledged the country's difficult economic slump and heaped blame for the current problems on bankers. Facing record low approval ratings, Prime Min [...]
2009-03-05 17:34:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEI EIND PGOV PREL
09DUBLIN114IRISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BRITISH
[...] (C) The government of Ireland has condemned the attacks in Northern Ireland on March 7 that killed two British soldiers. Irish government officials say that the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British government and the Irish government are coordinating their responses closely. Dublin also s [...]
2009-03-09 15:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EI
09DUBLIN120 FRAUD SUMMARY - IRELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 16:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EI
09DUBLIN127LIBERTAS LEADER TO STAND IN EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Declan Ganley, founder of Libertas, has announced his candidacy for the June 2009 European Parliament election in Ireland. While sharply criticizing the Irish government for mismanaging the economy and supporting the Lisbon Treaty, Ganley himself has come under pressure for re [...]
2009-03-20 09:23:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN129IRELAND NOT ATTENDING SEOUL GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 14:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC EI KS
09DUBLIN130IRELAND'S BANKING SECTOR - ENOUGH TO MAKE FIANNA
[...] (C) The Irish banking industry continues to weather the fallout from the Anglo Irish Bank nationalization. While there are no new developments in the Anglo Irish criminal investigation, a fifth member of the "Golden Circle" has been revealed, as have additional inappropriate dealings by former [...]
2009-03-20 14:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN137LATEST BUDGET FIGURES FORCE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In light of greater than expected budget deficits and falling tax revenue, the Government of Ireland is investigating a number of unorthodox solutions to the financial crisis. While these proposals mark a dramatic departure from traditional methods, it is unlikely that they will [...]
2009-04-01 07:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON EI
09DUBLIN146THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S APRIL BUDGET: BEGINNING OF
[...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government will release a new budget aimed at fixing the hole in government finances and in its reputation. Even with the new measures, the government's 2009 fiscal deficit will come in above the 9.5 percent that it forecast earlier in the year. Most economi [...]
2009-04-06 08:35:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EI
09DUBLIN148REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on April 3 and March 31 respectively to Isolde Moylan, Regional Director, Office of Asia and Oceania, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan responded that the government of Ireland is "strongly appreciative and supportive" of both the Afghanistan [...]
2009-04-06 13:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR EI
09DUBLIN152IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[...] In an April 6 statement following the informal U.S.-EU Summit in Prague, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin, welcomed President Obama's commitment to work towards a world without nuclear weapons, a central aim of Irish foreign policy for over fifty years. Martin said Ireland's highes [...]
2009-04-08 08:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN156IRISH GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET -- POLITICS TRUMPS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government released a supplementary budget in response to the dramatic deterioration in the government's finances. Despite pre-budget calls for a focus on spending cuts (ref A),the government's budget is weighted toward tax increases, such as a doubling of t [...]
2009-04-08 14:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN166EMBASSY DUBLIN: TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING
[...] The TFCO for Embassy Dublin is Dwight Nystrom, Economics Officer; phone: 353-1-630-6274; classified email:nystromd@state.sgov.gov; unclassified email:nystromdd@stte.gov. The Deputy TFCO is Jami Papa, Political Officer; phone: 353-1-630-6275; classified email:apajl@state.sgov.gov; unclassified [...]
2009-04-16 07:16:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER EI
09DUBLIN167IRELAND'S SOVEREIGN DEBT -- IN GOOD HANDS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Emboffs met with Anthony Linehan, Deputy Director, Funding & Debt Management, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to talk about the Irish government's debt program and the soon-to-be-operational National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). He indicated that the Ir [...]
2009-04-17 10:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EI
09DUBLIN168IRELAND SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP
[...] (SBU) On April 17, Econoff spoke to the Irish Finance Ministry's Brendan Ryan who indicated that the Irish government will vote "Yes" on Kosovo's membership in the IMF and World Bank. He noted that Ireland recognized Kosovo's independence very soon after it was announced and that his governm [...]
2009-04-17 12:10:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN17UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO IRELAND.
[...] (C) On January 7, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky met with President Mary McAleese, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen, and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process. The Irish off [...]
2009-01-12 11:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU EI
09DUBLIN170IRISH WILLING TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On April 21, Charge met with David Cooney, Secretary General, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to discuss how the Irish government could provide more assistance to Afghanistan. Cooney stated that Ireland would not send additional troops to support ISAF and that the Irish govern [...]
2009-04-22 13:44:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV EAID EI
09DUBLIN183IRISH BANKING: NO LONGER ENAMORED WITH NAMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish government's plan to set up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to take on the banks' property loan book is still riddled with questions, including the value of the loans and the structure and operation of the agency. The loans will be transferred to NAMA at a di [...]
2009-05-05 15:33:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN203U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE PROGRESS: DEMPSEY MEETING READOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post met with Irish Transportation Minister Dempsey on May 20 to review current progress on the implementation of DHS/CBP preclearance operations at Shannon and Dublin airports. Dempsey confirmed that he expected a delay in the opening of the preclearance facility from July 1 to [...]
2009-05-22 13:18:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN21IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL
[...] POLOFF spoke on January 13 with Louise Hartigan, EU Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),who is shepherding the extradition and legal mutual assistance agreements through the final administrative processes required prior to the signing of instruments. According to Hartigan, DFA has [...]
2009-01-13 15:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN213IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTIONS: BAD TIDINGS FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: Irish voters are expected to show up in significant numbers for the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, but to register dissatisfaction with the Irish government's performance rather than as a reflection of increased interest in who represents them in Brussels. We exp [...]
2009-06-03 08:30:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EI
09DUBLIN220IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTION RESULTS: ANOTHER NAIL IN
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Fianna Fail (FF) led government coalition took a beating in the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, polling well behind its main rival Fine Gael (FG) and losing ground as well to the Opposition Labour Party. The Greens faltered seriously. FG now hold [...]
2009-06-09 16:16:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EI
09DUBLIN224 RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IRISH GOVERNMENT PRACTICES ON
[...] While Ireland is taking steps to enhance the amount of information it collects on travelers entering the country, it faces an uphill battle. Irish laws limiting the use of public data, public skepticism and the lack of enabling legislation are stalling efforts to upgrade the quality of data c [...]
2009-06-11 06:59:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS EI
09DUBLIN231IRELAND'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN
[...] (U) According to Emma Leonard of Irish Aid, Ireland has approved Euro 550,000 in emergency funding to assist Pakistan's displaced persons. These funds will be distributed through both NGOs (Concern and Trocaire) and UN entities (UNICEF and OCHA). Additionally, Ireland has provided supplies i [...]
2009-06-17 15:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EI PREF
09DUBLIN236GUARANTEES SET STAGE FOR SECOND IRISH REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) During the June 18-19 European Council meeting, the Irish government received guarantees on a number of specific issue, providing it with the justification to proceed with a re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum -- most likely on October 2 ,2009. All major political parties are expecte [...]
2009-06-22 16:18:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN258DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO MEETS IRISH MINISTERS OF
[...] (C) On June 29, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Irish Transport Minister Nel Dempsey and Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahen in Dublin. Dempsey and Napolitano discussed th bilateral pre-clearance negotiations. Dempsey oted that cooperation with the U.S. has been admra [...]
2009-07-08 16:12:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN260LISBON TREATY RE-RUN SET FOR OCTOBER 2
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Friday, October 2. There is a general consensus in Irish political circles that the leaders of the nation dropped the ball during the first referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which was defeated in June 2008. The 'Yes [...]
2009-07-09 13:10:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN280IRISH BANKS -- HANGING ON BY A THREAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: ACCBank, the Irish subsidiary of Rabobank has begun to aggressively pursue non-performing loans to property developers through the Irish legal system. To date, the courts have allowed the borrowers 100 days to reorganize, enabling the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to [...]
2009-07-28 12:45:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN298IRELAND'S LISBON II CAMPAIGN - OFF AND RUNNING
[...] (C) With just under two months to go before the second Lisbon Treaty referendum (Lisbon II) both the "yes" and "no" campaigns have kicked off. All major parties, unions, and business groups are expected to be firmly in the "yes" camp, and early polls have projected that Lisbon II will pass wit [...]
2009-08-09 10:43:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN3MEETING WITH THE IRISH REGARDING HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, a USG delegation consisting of State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) officials briefed Irish government officials on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) process and on what is expected from the Irish government. The Irish were [...]
2009-01-06 14:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN30IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES IRISH RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] (SBU) Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin presented the Government of Ireland's annual State of the Union address to the Institute of International and European Affairs on January 15, focusing on Ireland's relationship with the European Union rather than the state of the EU itself. Martin e [...]
2009-01-16 13:46:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN304MUSLIMS IN IRELAND - A CHANGING COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: The Irish Muslim community is one of the fastest growing minority communities in Ireland and is one of the major contributors to Ireland,s shift from an overwhelmingly homogeneous society to a multi-cultural one. The Irish Government has made some attempts at reaching out to the M [...]
2009-08-14 10:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER KISL EI
09DUBLIN31IRISH BANKING SYSTEM RECEIVES FURTHER BLOW AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 15, the government of Ireland announced that it would nationalize Anglo Irish Bank. An initial recapitalization proposal was ruled out as difficulties associated with the commercial property market and internal controls further destabilized the Bank. The Minister of [...]
2009-01-16 16:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN310IRELAND: UPDATE ON GPS-GALILEO COOPERATION
[...] On August 13, Econoff spoke with Ivan Nolan at the Irish Deparment of Transport, the lead on the GPS-Galileo Agreement for the Irish government. Nolan said that the Irish Attorney General's office has finished its review of the Agreement and given it the "all clear." He said that the Agreemen [...]
2009-08-17 14:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TSPA TSPL EI
09DUBLIN348IRELAND ON SEPTEMBER 4-5 EU FMS' GYMNICH
[...] (U) On September 1, Poloff delivered ref A non-paper for the September 4-5 EU Foreign Ministers, Gymnich meeting to Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Ryan had just taken up his position on August 31 and was starting to prepare for Gymnich. Ryan said he [...]
2009-09-02 13:52:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN351IRISH UNGA PRIORITIES FIT WITH U.S. GOALS
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish goals taking shape for UNGA appear to dovetail quite well with U.S. priorities (reftel). Nonproliferation is a top Irish objective, with strengthening the NPT singled out especially. On human rights, the Irish are focusing on Iran, DPRK, Burma and Sudan. The Irish appr [...]
2009-09-03 12:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA EI
09DUBLIN357ICJ HEARINGS ON KOSOVO: IRELAND RELUCTANT TO
[...] (SBU) On September 9, Poloff spoke about the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on Kosovo with James Hennessy and Marianne Bolger of the Western Europe and Western Balkans Section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Deputy Director Hennessy said that Ireland remains a s [...]
2009-09-10 14:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ICJ KV EI
09DUBLIN358IRELAND ON GYMNICH, GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the September 4-5 EU FMs, Gymnich meeting and their upcoming GAERC meeting on September 14-15. According to Ryan, EU FMs, concerned by developments in Afg [...]
2009-09-10 14:26:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN360IRELAND: REPORT PREVIEWS HOW THE IRISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On September 6, the Commission on Taxation issued its report with suggestions for changing the Irish tax system. The main recommendations are the introduction of a property tax, a carbon tax, a water tax, and a tax on child benefit payments. The intent of the recommendations is f [...]
2009-09-11 11:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN362IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: THE ISSUES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After deciding against the EU Lisbon Treaty in a first referendum on June 12, 2008, the Irish will vote on Lisbon again on October 2. With the campaign in full swing, a recent poll gives the "yes" side 46 percent with 29 percent opposed and 25 percent undecided. This represents a [...]
2009-09-11 16:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN37IRISH SUPPORT EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on January 12, 2009 to Pat Kelly, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and his deputy, Stephen Dawson, DFA's Iran/Syria expert. Dawson indicated that the EU intends to continue preparations for the Agreement [...]
2009-01-22 11:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EI
09DUBLIN38FURTHER INFORMATION ON IRELAND'S ACCEPTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary. Ireland has resolved inter-ministerial differences and publicly signaled its readiness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of a collective EU response to a clear U.S. roadmap leading to Guantanamo's closure. Ireland is ready to consider resettlement of at least one or two de [...]
2009-01-22 17:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER CU EI MX
09DUBLIN389IRELAND: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 10:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA EI
09DUBLIN39IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) On January 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Brian Glynn, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Glynn stated that in light of the current situation in the Middle East, the agenda has been pared back dramatically and will include only the Middle East, Russia-Ukraine [...]
2009-01-23 11:01:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV IS RS UP EI
09DUBLIN397IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: A VIEW FROM CORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A September 23-24 visit to Ireland,s previously anti-Lisbon southwest revealed a mixed bag of pro-Lisbon elites and a somewhat confused and ambivalent, but generally "yes"-leaning, public. The region,s elites appear to form a solid, pro-Lisbon bloc, reaching out to average voters [...]
2009-09-25 14:54:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EI EUN
09DUBLIN405SPECIAL ECONOMIC ENVOY KELLY,S VISIT TO DUBLIN
[...] (C) From September 16-18, Ambassador Rooney and Special Economic Envoy for Northern Ireland Declan Kelly met with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, President Mary McAleese, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin,and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore. These meetings coincided with the Global Irish Ec [...]
2009-09-29 10:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN412IRISH LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM: "YES" VOTE LIKELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Today, October 2, the Irish will vote in the long-awaited second referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. The polls throughout September, while fluctuating, have all given the "yes" side a large advantage, with the most recent poll, published on September 27, showing 55 percent for "ye [...]
2009-10-02 12:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN415AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Ambassador Rooney met with Ireland's Permanent Representative to the EU, Rory Montgomery, and separately with Irish European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy (Internal Market and Services). In wide-ranging discussions about the EU and Ireland, the Ambassador and his [...]
2009-10-02 16:31:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI EUN
09DUBLIN416THE IRISH REFERENDUM: A LISBON LANDSLIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a resounding victory for the "yes" side, the results of the October 2 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty came in at 67.1 percent for "yes" and 32.9 percent for "no." The high turnout (59 percent) and result lends greater credibility both to the embattled Irish government, which mu [...]
2009-10-04 08:59:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EI EUN
09DUBLIN417YOUR OCTOBER 11 VISIT TO IRELAND
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes just after the Irish approval of the Lisbon Treaty and before a series of difficult tests for the Irish government. Before the end of the year, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen must come to agreement with his coalition partner, the Green Party, on a new program f [...]
2009-10-04 09:08:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PINR EI
09DUBLIN419IRELAND: RESIGNATION FURTHER WEAKENS GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Speaker of the Irish Parliament's sudden resignation on October 6 has highlighted voters' growing dissatisfaction with an often unaccountable political class and the perks it allows itself. Having clearly underscored malfeasance by the principal governing party Fianna Fail (F [...]
2009-10-07 12:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EI
09DUBLIN42IRISH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: AS BLACK AS THE GUINNESS
[...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the nationalization of Anglo Irish Bank (Ref A),two other leading Irish banks continued to stumble and a prominent consumer bank laid off 750 employees. In order to calm a jittery market, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan moved forward the planned recapitalization o [...]
2009-01-28 13:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN422A GREEN THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT?
[...] (C) Summary: The Green Party, the Irish government's junior coalition partner, will hold a special convention on October 10 to vote on a revised Program for Government and draft legislation setting up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). John Gormley, Minister for Environment, Heritag [...]
2009-10-07 16:13:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EI
09DUBLIN426IRELAND: CABINET MEMBER ON GREENS, EU COMMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time insider in the governing party Fianna Fail (FF),believes negotiations on a new Program for Government with FF's coalition partner, the Greens, will be successful. She cautions, though, that the Greens are unpredictable. Also, Prime Minister Brian Cowen is consulting [...]
2009-10-08 14:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EI EUN
09DUBLIN449IRELAND ON OCTOBER GAERC
[...] (U) On October 22 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on October 26-27. Ryan had the following comments: 2. (C) Afghanistan/Pakistan: The draft conclusions for the EU FMs further underscore the [...]
2009-10-23 10:30:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN45IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has fueled robust economic growth since the "Celtic Tiger" period of the late 1990s. Ireland's pro-investment climate saw total FDI stock grow from euro 53 billion in 1998 to euro 131 billion in 2007. Trad [...]
2009-01-30 13:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR EI
09DUBLIN453SINN FEIN REP: ROBINSON WANTS DEVOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: The Dublin-based Sinn Fein Representative to the United States told us that Sinn Fein believed that Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson wanted to move on devolution, especially since the Secretary's visit, but that fear of rival unionists was holding him back. Sinn Fein [...]
2009-10-30 09:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EI XT UK
09DUBLIN46GERRY ADAMS ENCOURAGES RENEWED EFFORTS TO UNITE
[...] (C) During a January 21 speech at Mansion House commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Ireland's first Dail (Parliament),Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams sought to reinvigorate the quest for a unified Ireland. He stated that the Ireland of equality and solidarity envisaged by the [...]
2009-01-30 15:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN47ADVANCING IRELAND'S LEADERSHIP ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Conor Lenihan, Irish Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, with special responsibility for Integration Policy and Resettlement, called on the Charge January 29 to discuss a decision paper he was putting together for the Prime Minister and Cabinet that wou [...]
2009-01-30 19:45:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PTER EUN EI
09DUBLIN476IRELAND: NOVEMBER GAERC, BELARUS, OSCE
[...] (U) On November 10 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on November 16-17. Separately, Poloff delivered ref C demarche on Belarus to Michael Forbes, DFA Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Cent [...]
2009-11-12 16:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO RS AF OSCE EI EUN
09DUBLIN477IRELAND: UPDATE ON EX-GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ex-Guantanamo detainees in Ireland are performing most daily tasks on their own, but will require "long-term" assistance before being able to integrate into Irish society. The Irish have requested the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in arranging for [...]
2009-11-12 16:38:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EI
09DUBLIN502IRELAND'S NOMINEE FOR EU COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly placed official (PROTECT) in the Prime Minister's office told us that Ireland's nominee for the first post-Lisbon European Commission, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, was tapped not only for her qualifications but also for domestic and EU-wide political reasons. Ireland hopes for [...]
2009-11-25 13:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN EI
09DUBLIN510IRELAND ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 27, Charge discussed the possibility of additional Irish contributions in Afghanistan with David Donoghue, Political Director in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). This underscored a November 25 meeting of Poloff with Isolde Moylan, Director of the Asia an [...]
2009-11-27 14:43:00Embassy DublinSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EI
09DUBLIN511IRELAND ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, IAEA'S SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 13:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IAEA KNNP SYR IR EI
09DUBLIN513IRELAND "FAVORS" SETTING DATE FOR EU-MACEDONIA
[...] (C) On November 25, Poloff discussed reftel points with John McCullagh, Counselor for EU Enlargement in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and his Deputy Mark Daryl Erickson. On setting a start date for formal EU accession negotiations with Macedonia, our interlocutors referred to [...]
2009-11-30 15:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GR MK EI EUN
09DUBLIN521IRELAND: THE WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2-3, we met with Irish officials to gauge GOI reaction to the President's announcement of the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (refs A and B),and to get an update on the possibility of additional Irish contributions to the effort. Our interlocutors expressed s [...]
2009-12-03 16:13:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK EI
09DUBLIN522IRELAND ON DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION
[...] (C) On December 2, Poloff discussed reftel points with Isolde Moylan, Director of the Asia and Oceania Bureau in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Peter McIvor, the Bureau's Deputy Director. They said DPRK was one of their Bureau's priorities, and expressed their appreciation [...]
2009-12-03 16:33:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI UNGA EI
09DUBLIN523IRELAND ON PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 16:42:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM EI
09DUBLIN524IRISH OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 2 and 3, Kevin Conmy of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Paul McGarry of the Irish Prime Minister,s Office briefed us on ongoing talks between GOI and HMG about Northern Ireland. The aim of these meetings is to follow up on the me [...]
2009-12-03 18:20:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UK EI
09DUBLIN535IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...]
2009-12-10 09:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ
09DUBLIN538IRELAND: PREDICTABLE BUDGET/UNPREDICTABLE FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 9, the Irish government delivered its 2010 budget. Looking to save at least four billion Euro (USD 6 billion),the government had signaled for months that public sector pay and social welfare would make up a large chunk of the spending cuts and there were no great surp [...]
2009-12-10 16:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN545IRISH POLICY DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, NATO PFP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15 Ciaran Murphy (STRICTLY PROTECT),Assistant Secretary General and Policy Director in the Irish Department of Defense, told Poloff there was a slight possibility Ireland would send two military trainers to Afghanistan to help train Afghan security forces. Ireland ho [...]
2009-12-16 14:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI AF
09DUBLIN550TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...]
2009-12-18 16:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI
09DUBLIN60IRELAND LIKELY TO ACCEPT DETAINEES, BUT WHEN AND
[...] (C) Ambassador Clint Williamson met on February 9 with David Cooney, Secretary General in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Sean Aylward Secretary General in the Department of Justice (DOJ),and later had lunch with Conor Lenihan, Minister of Integration, to explain how President Obama [...]
2009-02-10 11:11:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EUN EI
09DUBLIN71OIL SPILL THREATENS THE COAST OF IRELAND
[...] (U) On February 14, through the use of aerial pollution surveillance equipment, the Irish Coast Guard spotted an oil spill 50 miles off the south coast of Ireland. At the time, the spill measured 2.8 miles by 3.1 miles and was located close to a Russian aircraft carrier and a tanker. The Iris [...]
2009-02-18 12:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EWWT EPET EFIS SENV EI
09DUBLIN73IRELAND APPLAUDS AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) EMBOFFS delivered reftel demarche on February 18, 2009 to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan indicated that Ireland is very receptive to the planned policy review and intends to provide views on the questions posed in reftel. She re [...]
2009-02-19 16:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO EI
09DUBLIN76IRELAND'S SPRING OF DISCONTENT
[...] (SBU) Against a backdrop of rising unemployment, an increasing budget deficit, nationalization of banks, and emigration, Ireland is facing its worst year of industrial unrest since the 1980s. In response to the deteriorating public finances (reftel),the Irish government has announced a range [...]
2009-02-23 15:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV EI
09DUBLIN80IRELAND TO VOTE NO AT FEBRUARY 25 MEETING ON
[...] (C) Econoff spoke to Tom O'Mahony, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Environment, who said that the Irish government would vote against the approval of the two biotech corn varieties at the February 25 meeting of the EU's DG Environment Regulatory Committee meeting (reftel). He said th [...]
2009-02-24 15:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON PGOV EI
09DUBLIN81IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 13:27:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
09DUBLIN86IRISH BANKING WOES: POLITICAL QUICKSAND
[...] (C) Summary: Recently, the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced a recapitalization plan for Ireland's two largest banks. The terms of the recapitalization stated that the government would receive preferred shares in exchange for the investment and the Minister for Finance would name 25 pe [...]
2009-02-26 12:07:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN89IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 17:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09DUBLIN98IRELAND WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF
[...] (U) On February 27, The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin, issued a press release welcoming the announcement of the review of U.S. Policy in Iraq. The release was titled, "Minister for Foreign Affairs welcomes President Obama's announcement of the Review of US Policy in Iraq." [...]
2009-03-02 15:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI IZ MOPS
09DUBLIN99LIBERTAS: A ONE HIT WONDER?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 17:58:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PINR PREL EIND EI
09GENEVA203REPORTING CABLE ON FEBRUARY 24-25 WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Kingdom - current chair - convened a meeting of the Working Group on Resettlement (WGR) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva February 24 - 25. Representatives of 20 governments as well as UNHCR headquarters and fiel [...]
2009-03-11 15:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAF AS CA EI IC IZ JO NZ PHUM PK PREF PREL
09HELSINKI329FOOD SECURITY: FINLAND COMMITTED TO INCREASING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 12:21:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID EI ETRD FI
09KHARTOUM820IRISH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CDA ON NGO KIDNAPPING
[...] (C) Gerard Corr, Ireland's Ambassador to Cairo, met with CDA Whitehead on July 8 to discuss the kidnapping of two female staff of the Irish NGO GOAL that occurred on July 3 in Kutum. Corr is in Khartoum accompanied by a military officer, as well as a small police and military team currently in [...]
2009-07-08 15:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID KPKO UNSC AU SU EI
09KUWAIT102COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (FEBRUARY 5-7,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Boehner to travel to post February 5-7, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2009-02-04 09:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU PK TU EI COUNTRY
09KUWAIT1051WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL PRICE (NOVEMBER 7-9, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Price to travel to post Nov 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 Fa [...]
2009-11-04 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ EI KU JO BA NO LE
09KUWAIT1094WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 22-23, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murtha to travel to post Nov 22-23, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 998 [...]
2009-11-18 15:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU EI TC IT
09KUWAIT352WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MICHAUD (APRIL 14-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post April 14-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-593 [...]
2009-04-12 08:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT511WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEAHY(MAY 23-24, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Leahy to travel to post on May 23-24, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the base. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9721-5933 Ho [...]
2009-05-21 07:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI FR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT66COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TIERNEY (JANUARY 29-30,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tierney to travel to post January 29-30, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2009-01-26 03:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI HU KU PK QA COUNTRY
09KUWAIT690WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]
2009-07-10 11:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT691WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]
2009-07-10 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT789WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (AUGUST 14-16, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCain to travel to post August 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]
2009-08-11 11:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI AF KU IZ LY MU AE YM
09LAPAZ611MIXED SIGNS ON TERROR INVESTIGATION, USG
[...] (SBU) During April 22 interviews to BBC Mundo and CNN Espanol, Bolivian President Evo Morales seemingly sent mixed messages regarding any international role in the investigation of the April 16 operation against an alleged terror cell in Santa Cruz in which three alleged terrorists were killed [...]
2009-04-24 14:33:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYODIP OFDP OPRC PGOV PREL PTER HU EI HR RO BL
09LILONGWE315 IRISH FM TO PROPOSE USAID-IRISH AID COLLABORATION ON FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Vincent O'Neil, Director of IrishAid in Malawi, told the USAID Director that Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin will soon meet with Secretary of State Clinton regarding joint efforts to increase the level of attention to agriculture and food security issues. O'Neil said F [...]
2009-06-05 10:52:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EI MI
09PARTO6SECRETARY AND IRISH FM MEETING
[...] (U) October 11, 2009, Dublin, Ireland 2. (U) Participants United States The Secretary Ambassador Daniel Rooney A/S Philip Gordon NSC Elisabeth Sherwood-Randall DCOS Jake Sullivan Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt. Gen. Paul Selva Ireland Foreign Minister Michael Martin David Cooney, Secre [...]
2009-10-27 02:29:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EUN EI
09STATE27795(SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON EUROPEAN CT
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS AT THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) GREATLY APPRECIATED EMBASSY REPORTING WHICH WAS USED IN A PDB, AN NTB AND A SETR (SENIOR EXECUTIVE TERRORISM REPORT). THERE WAS GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE PIECE WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, DHS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DIREC [...]
2009-03-23 20:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR AL AN AU BE BK BO BU CY DA EI EN EZ FI FO
09STATE61069IRELAND -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 19:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EI
09STATE99493BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EI
09STATE99791(C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON IRISH LISBON
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTEL ON THE PLAYERS AND FACTORS AFFECTING POTENTIAL RATIFICATION OF THE LISBON TREATY IN THE PLANNED OCTOBER 2009 REFERENDUM. EMBASSY INSIGHTS WERE VERY USEFUL, ESPECIALLY AS THEY PROVIDED MORE CLARITY ABOUT FLUCTUATING POLL NUMBERS, THE CURRENT IRISH [...]
2009-09-24 21:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV EI
09TELAVIV466EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ
10BELFAST15NORTHERN IRELAND'S SDLP ELECTS MARGARET RITCHIE PARTY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Seeking to right itself following years of decline in the post-Good Friday Agreement era, the SDLP has chosen Margaret Ritchie to succeed Mark Durkan as party leader. Ritchie will seek to regain the party's pre-eminence among Northern Ireland's nationalist voters by differentia [...]
2010-02-12 14:15:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR UK EI
10BRATISLAVA7EXPLOSIVES BLUNDER REVERBERATES; FACTS REMAINS MURKY
[...] (U) Summary. As much of the world now knows, a January 2 airport security exercise in Poprad, Slovakia, went terribly awry. Slovak police had placed a 100-gram sample of RDX explosives in the bag of a Slovak citizen traveling to his residence in Dublin to test detection capabilities. Ap [...]
2010-01-08 16:06:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR EI LO
10DUBLIN12THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEW ON THE NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador spoke with an official in the Irish Prime Minister's office about the January 12 meeting between Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin and UK Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward. The Ambassador also spoke to Woodward himself. In addition, Econ [...]
2010-01-14 17:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK EI
10DUBLIN13AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WEAPONS DECOMMISSIONERS
[...] C) SUMMARY: The group charged with overseeing the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons in Ireland told us that weapons decommissioning has been accomplished to a great extent, but not completely. Completing devolution of policing and justice remains crucial to the peace process; failure t [...]
2010-01-15 08:13:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UK CVIS EI
10DUBLIN6UPDATE ON IRELAND'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite recent negative media attention, Ireland has made significant strides in addressing instances of trafficking in persons (TIP) within its borders. At present, 57 investigations are ongoing, with a single case before the courts. A further three individuals were convicted [...]
2010-01-08 15:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
10DUBLIN65IRELAND - TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 10:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10DUBLIN69TIT FOR TAT IN DUBLIN: MINISTER SARGENT RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 23, former Minister for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent (Green Party -- GP) resigned after a letter he wrote in 2008 was leaked to the press. Sargent admitted that the letter, written to Garda (Irish police) on behalf of a constituent, "could be considered unlawf [...]
2010-02-24 14:00:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EI
10VATICAN33SEX ABUSE SCANDAL STRAINS IRISH-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHAKES UP
[...] (C) Summary: The November 2009 report of cover-up by local bishops of revelations of physical and sexual abuse of children by Irish clergy appalled Catholics and others worldwide. Vatican and Irish officials' first concern was for the victims, but that reality was sometimes obscured in the events t [...]
2010-02-26 16:32:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT EI
85DUBLIN2469 BOEING 747 CRASH OFF IRISH COAST
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: ON JUNE 23, AT 0813 A BOEING 747 JET (AIR INDIA 182) ENROUTE FROM MONTREAL TO BOMBAY WITH 325 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD CRASHED SOME 80 MILES OFF THE IRISH COAST. THERE ARE NO KNOWN SURVIVORS. RECOVERY OPERATIONS CONTINUE. END SUMMARY. 2. ON JUNE 24 THE IRISH DEPARTME [...]
1985-06-24 11:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO CA EI IN VI
85OTTAWA4824 AIRLINE BOMBINGS
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. AMBASSADOR ROBINSON OPENED HIS CALL TODAY ON DR. FRED DOUCET, SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, WITH AN EXPRESSION OF U.S. SYMPATHY AND CONCERN OVER THE TRAGIC AIRLINE INCIDENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND. (THE AMBASSADOR HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO M [...]
1985-06-24 18:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER EI IN
88LONDON16998 NORTHERN IRELAND - CONTROLLING THE VIOLENCE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE RECENT ESCALATION OF IRA ATTACKS, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED NOT ONLY MORE KILLINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND BUT ALSO BOMBINGS AT UK MILITARY BASES IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND THE FIRST BOMBING IN BRITAIN ITSELF SINCE 1984, HAVE CAUSED HMG TO REEXAMINE ITS [...]
1988-08-09 17:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKPRP PTER PGOV MARR MCAP UK EI
92LONDON23667 UNITED KINGDOM: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG, LIKE THE USG, ISSUED INDICTMENTS OF T [...]
1992-12-14 18:11:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPRP UK EI
92STATE109428 WHITE PAPERS ON LIBYA POUCHED TO POST
[...] CONFIDENTIAL, ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DEPARTMENT POUCHED TO POST APRIL 7 COPIES OF TWO UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT WHITE PAPERS WHICH OFFER FURTHER INFORMATION ON LIBYAN COMPLICITY IN 1985 ROME AND VIENNA AIRPORT ATTACKS AND 1986 LABELLE BOMBING. 3. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IMPLICATING LIBYA IN THE LA [...]
1992-04-08 00:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PROP OPRC LY EI
94ATHENS4865GREEK PRESS REPORT OF IRANIAN/IRA CONNECTIONS
[...] AS PER REF A REQUEST, THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF THE "ELEFTHEROS TYPOS" ARTICLE ON IRA/IRANIAN CONNECTIONS. ALSO SEE PARA 3 FOR AN ADDITIONAL MEDIA REPORT ON THIS ISSUE. 2. BEGIN TEXT: GREEK AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES SUSPECT THAT A LARGE QUANTITY OF HEROIN SMUGGLED TO ENGLA [...]
1994-05-11 11:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL IR LY UK EI GR
95LONDON8776 NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS "CRISIS"
[...] (U) PARAGRAPHS CLASSIFIED AS MARKED. OADR FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINN FEIN LEADERS HAVE AUTHORITATIVELY RULED OUT ANY DECOMMISSIONING OF WEAPONS -- EVEN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE -- UNTIL THE SHAPE OF AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IS CLEAR, AND HAVE DE [...]
1995-06-21 18:00:00Embassy LondonSECRETPGOV PREL PINS UK EI
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